Hello friends,
This week, instead of searching for science-related news for this Shortwave Radiogram, I was instead searching for any news and commentary about President Trump’s shutdown of the Voice of America and its parent agency US Agency for Global Media. I worked for these organizations for 32 years, until retiring in 2017, so these developments are heavy on my mind.
There is plenty of press coverage of this topic, summarized in my bluesky account kaedotcom.bsky.social and X/Twitter feed @kaedotcom. A good overview of events last Saturday are in this NPR piece by David Folkenflik. For this week’s Shortwave Radiogram, I chose a statement from Deutsche Welle and France MĆ©dias Monde, and an analysis from France 24.
There is no news about this from VOA. Their last content was posted March 15. And USAGM transmitting stations seem to be off the air. One report is that power was turned off at the shortwave facility near Greenville, North Carolina. If the air conditioning is not working, mold will quickly form and ruin those excellent transmitters.
To cheer things up, many of the images in this week’s show are spring flowers. This is the time of year when such photos are in abundance. They transmit well through the murk of shortwave.
A video of last week’s Shortwave Radiogram (program 393) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 394, 20-26 March 2025, in MFSK modes as noted:
Ā 1:47Ā MFSK32: Program preview
Ā 3:01Ā MFSK32: French, German international broadcasters re USAGM
Ā 6:59Ā MFSK64: France 24 analysis: Trump mutes Voice of America
13:13Ā MFSK64: This week’s images
28:38Ā MFSK32: Closing announcements
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Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
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