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Andrew Paul

BBC extends shortwave radio broadcasts into Ukraine

From The Batman, to Alien, to Kirby, pretty much everything is getting a reboot these days. Now, just as we thought we reached the absolute bottom of the barrel, society went and brought back the goddamn Cold War of all IPs... with some major tie-ins, too. Yesterday, Radio World reported that the BBC World Service is reviving its shortwave radio broadcasting abilities in light of Russia’s crackdown on Western media and internet access for those enduring Putin’s deadly invasion.

Going forward, the BBCWS will broadcast four hours of English news broken into two blocks daily that can be picked up by people in Kyiv and some parts of Russia. The frequencies will be on 15735 kHz between 1400 and 1600 UTC (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST), and 5875 kHz between 2000 and 2200 UTC (8 p.m. EST to 10 p.m. EST). Although far fewer people have access to shortwave radios these days, any additional means to supply reliable updates and news to the region will help.

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