Shortwave radio - The dark web of the airwaves

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The Internet made shortwave radio obsolete over 20 years ago, yet it somehow still lives on today, home to Cuban propaganda, Vietnamese music, time signals, and religious groups and conspiracy theo…

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by he/him depth: 1

Reminds me of usenet. Still there but overrun with spam and crazy talk!

Honestly it’s so deserted that even the spam bots are becoming rarer. It’s mostly a couple dozen boomers schizo-posting at each other now



I find it fun listening to shortwave stations that aren’t a bunch of crazies. The other night I was listening to a recording of an old radio show from the late 30’s.


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by she/her depth: 1

Thankfully, even though they’re brokered, WRMI and Channel 292 have programming that’s not crackpots. There’s https://rnei.org/, http://meowr.net/, https://bluesradiointernational.net/, and https://radiocarpathia.org/, among others. Check em out! https://www.wrmi.net/ https://www.channel292.de/

by OP depth: 2

Oh neat thanks! Down the rabbit hole I go.



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