Actually AFRTS shortwave is likely gone... Diego Garcia is off (their am on
1485? Is off) and Guam is off too I think.

But if you think this is ok then it's ok by me.  I work for a station
that's an NPR affiliate but more so community radio then NPR

Paul


On Monday, April 11, 2016, Richard Cuff <rdc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul - both of these groups have long been about radio content;
> back in the late 1990s, when I formed the swprograms group, shortwave
> listening was still something that was easy to do and was the source
> for most interesting radio (aside from NPR).
>
> Frankly, the swprograms group was a lot more active back then as well;
> nowadays there's very little message traffic here.
>
> Truth be told, someone who was truly a legend in the shortwave
> listening -- Tom Sundstrom -- flagged this for the SWLFEST group; and
> I probably wouldn't have seen it otherwise.
>
> And, to your later comment of NPR having "...nothing to do with
> shortwave..." -- not exactly:  NPR programming airs on AFRTS, which
> still has a small SW presence; when AFRTS had a bigger shortwave
> presence years ago, NPR programming could be heard quite easily on
> shortwave!
>
> As the owner of this list, I've occasionally allowed our topics to
> drift beyond the narrow definition of shortwave for an interesting
> "big picture" discussion about radio.  If that bothers you, you're
> welcome to unsubscribe at any time.
>
> Richard Cuff
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr.
> <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > And what does NPR have to do with Shortwave radio? I view this as off
> topic
> > and not appropriate for this group
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