via Hackaday: A Look Inside A Canadian Satellite TV Facility
If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in the ground facilities of a satellite TV…
Category: Broadcast
via Hackaday: Compact Dedicated News Reader Always Brings You CBC
Your phone or laptop will give you access to the vast majority of news in…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Full Version
Release Date: November 9, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Truncated 1-hour version
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Helene trapped Asheville broadcasters in their station. They’ve stayed on air ever since (North Carolina)
Trapped in the station by fallen trees, offline, with no power, no water and negligible…
via Hackaday: Pulling Apart An Old Satellite Truck Tracker
Sometimes there’s nothing more rewarding than pulling apart an old piece of hardware of mysterious…
via Hackaday: Broadcast TV Simulator Keeps the Nostalgia Flowing
Watch out, Gen X-ers — there’s a nostalgia overload heading your way, courtesy of this…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Radio Club of America Announces 2024 Award Recipients
Radio Club of America (RCA) recognizes leaders and major contributors to the field of wireless…
VOA Is Shuttering Its Marianas Shortwave Site
Operational costs, minimal audience and lingering damage from 2018 typhoon contributed to the decision
BBC legend quits after 50 years as devastated co-stars praise ‘remarkable’ career (UK)
BBC veteran Laurie Margolis, 74, has announced he will be leaving the corporation after five decades….
via Hackaday: The First New Long Wave Radio Station Of This Millennium
The decline of AM broadcast radio is a slow but inexorable process over much of…
FCC Hits 13 Landlords in NYC Metro Area With Pirate Letters
The FCC Enforcement Bureau’s New York Office has sent 13 different landlords in New York City, Rockland…
What I Heard During the Solar Event
Coronal mass ejections from the sun are plasma with magnetic fields. They can collide with…
New Law for Old Tech: Congress Pushes Law Requiring New Cars to Receive AM Radio
In mid-2023, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), 77, sponsored a bill called the AM Radio for Every Vehicle…
via HACKADAY: AM Radio Broadcast Uses Phasor To Let Eight Towers Spray One Big Signal
If you’re in the commercial AM radio business, you want to send your signal as…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 – Full Version
Release Date: April 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 – Truncated 1-hour version
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Haven’t Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday (Pennsylvania)
The National Museum of Broadcasting will be honoring Pittsburgh inventor and broadcasting pioneer Frank Conrad…
ICHMS collaborates with IRARC (Michigan)
The Iron County Historical & Museum Society (ICHMS) will have two new exhibits this summer…
via HACKADAY: The Long Strange Trip to US Color TV
We are always fascinated when someone can take something and extend it in a clever…
via HACKADAY: Creating a Numbers Station Of Your Very Own
Numbers stations are a weird phenomenon where odd voices read out long strings of numbers…
Stay tuned — new radio station coming to Wilmington (Ohio)
A new radio station — WIOH-LP 95.9 FM — is coming to Wilmington. The project…
FCC Chairwoman Proposes New “Missing and Endangered Persons” Emergency Alert Code
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday announced she will submit a proposal…
FCC Moves To Add 13 New Languages To EAS On Radio
With the debate around EAS distribution a core tenet of the fight to keep AM radio in…
Solar flare temporarily disrupts radio signals in Australia
An intense solar event occurred in the early hours of February 6, as a sunspot…