shortwave
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In 1941 Der Chef began delivering a salacious mix of gossip and foulmouthed fake news to German listeners over shortwave radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Amsterdam-based nonprofit Radio Zamaneh began shortwave broadcasts during the January protests, sending a nightly Farsi news programme from 11:00 pm Tehran time.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
But her exposure to the Arctic territory began decades ago, she said, when she would hear Greenlandic Inuit songs as a child through her grandmother's shortwave radio.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
At night, she turns on the shortwave radio to eavesdrop on other starving families without being tempted to help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
They’d barely begun to search when they spotted a shortwave radio, with a wire snaking into the bathroom and dangling out the window.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Last week the Commission issued regulations which put a new complexion on U. S. shortwaving.
From Time Magazine Archive
