Surprise! Shortwave radio as a broadcast medium is holding its own, despite the intrusion of the internet, transmission cutbacks by major broadcasters such as the BBC World Service and Voice of ...

The proliferation of Web-based radio stations should mean that a traveler with a modem and a laptop is never without up-to-the-minute news, conversation and music from home. But I found a major flaw ...

Last night, I listened to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” I heard static crashes in the background, and then the sound of a French announcer speaking words I couldn’t translate but that my heart ...

Radio World invites industry-oriented commentaries and responses. Send to Radio World. The author is a former Foreign Service officer and Voice of America radio engineer. Several points of interest ...

The global trauma caused by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has spiked demand for shortwave radio service, much as it did during the 1991 Gulf War. Although broadcasters are shifting to the Internet in ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A massive shortwave radio antenna sits in a cow pasture north of Lake Okeechobee in Central Florida. "We have 14, 100,000-watt transmitters and 23 antennas beaming to all parts of ...