CBC Radio Drops Its Daily Report of the Correct Time
After 84 years, changes in technology mean that CBC Radio will no longer broadcast the correct time once a day. Many Canadians are mourning the loss.
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U.S. Army awards new contract for next-generation radios
French multinational defense firm Thales announced on Wednesday that it has received an order increase for more than 7,000 Combat Net Radios (CNR) for the U.S. Army. As noted by the company, the U.S. Army has ordered more than 7,000 Thales RT-2129 Comb…
Radio Transforms a Corner of Rural India
With shows that encourage listener participation, a community radio station in the Indian state of Haryana is helping women overcome deeply patriarchal attitudes.
He Announces Baseball Games in Spanish. It is Not His First Language.
Bill Kulik, a Spanish-language radio broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies, mixes in English and Spanglish to the delight of some listeners, but the irritation of others.
Attacks Over The Air – Phreaking HTML Injection
The old-school phone whistling is back!
Well, almost, but this audio below isn’t that far off.
On July 13th, we discovered an interesting vulnerability. A particular webpage was tracking digital radio chatter and it would …
Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began
A half-century ago, a radio telescope in Holmdel, N.J., sent two astronomers 13.8 billion years back in time — and opened a cosmic window that scientists have been peering through ever since.
Steve Lamacq to step back from BBC Radio 6 Music show
DJ to host drive-time show one day a week instead of five, with Huw Stephens taking over rest of weekSteve Lamacq, the BBC Radio 6 Music DJ, is to step back from presenting his drive-time show full-time after 18 years.Addressing listeners on Friday, th…
Melbourne talkback radio host Neil Mitchell to step down from 3AW Mornings
‘It’s not an easy decision,’ broadcaster says, announcing he will leave show in December to take up other roles at NineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVetera…
Virginia Trioli to leave ABC Radio Melbourne for new TV arts show
Popular host of morning program will remain at public broadcaster and says ‘life circumstances’ are behind television returnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastV…
Remotely Stopping Polish Trains
Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop:
…the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to the trains they targeted. Because the trains use a radio system that lacks encryption or authentication for those commands, Olejnik says, anyone with as little as $30 of off-the-shelf radio equipment can broadcast the command to a Polish train—sending a series of three acoustic tones at a 150.100 megahertz frequency—and trigger their emergency stop function…