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Back to Basics: Choosing a short wave Radio

What to look for when you're choosing a short wave radio set

• 9 mins

Back to Basics: Operating a short wave Radio

How to operate your new short wave radio and make the most of its available settings

• 9 mins

Back to Basics: How do Radio Signals Work?

How do radio signals work? And how are signals transmitted around the world?

• 9 mins

Back to Basics: Making World Service News

Making the news: how is a World Service news bulletin put together?

• 9 mins

Back to Basics: Transmitting to the World

How programmes are actually transmitted from the UK to around the world

• 9 mins

Back to Basics: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Programmes Guide

How to find out what ´óÏó´«Ã½ programmes are on when, and other short wave back-up material

• 9 mins

Aerials or How long is a Piece of Wire?

Making the most of your aerial

• 8 mins

Tackling Interference

Answering listeners' questions about interference and its causes

• 8 mins

How Satellite Broadcasting Works

How geostationary satellites transmit radio and TV signals from outer space

• 9 mins

International Headlines of 1992

Major events and anniversaries covered by international broadcasters in 1992

• 8 mins

Listening to Radio on the Internet

The rise of internet radio – listening to the world at your desk

• 13 mins

Radio New Zealand International fights to survive Cuts

The fight to save Radio New Zealand International, threatened by government cuts

• 13 mins

Call up All India Radio for the latest News

All India Radio's telephone news bulletins are gaining popularity

• 13 mins

What's the Right Short Wave Radio for you?

What to look for when buying a short wave radio

• 13 mins

Vintage Sounds on Show

The National Vintage Wireless and Communications Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham

• 13 mins

Station B92 and other Voices of Opposition

Belgrade radio station B92 leads media opposition to the Milosevic regime

• 13 mins

How to Counteract the ugly Sounds of 'hate radio'?

How can "hate radio" be silenced and its effects neutralised, wherever it is broadcast?

• 13 mins

´óÏó´«Ã½ Monitoring: Listening in 100 Languages

´óÏó´«Ã½ Monitoring at work at its Caversham Park HQ

• 13 mins

Separating Short Wave Signals

New system to separate signals from short wave radio stations using the same frequency

• 13 mins

USA's Changing Radio Landscape

Will big business reduce diversity of style in US radio?

• 13 mins

Preparing Computers for the Year 2000

Anticipating the year 2000 problem in the Control Room of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service

• 13 mins

Drivetime Satellite Radio

Satellite broadcasting direct to your car in America is on offer from two rival companies

• 13 mins

Invitation to Moscow

Why Russia is a nation of radio enthusiasts

• 13 mins

World Service Schedule Shake-up

World Service radio's English-language schedules will soon undergo huge changes

• 13 mins

Will DRM be the Clear Answer for Short Wave Listeners?

Programme from Rampisham in Dorset, South England

• 12 mins

Tuning into Internet Radio

Expansion of internet radio and the new Apple Mactuner software

• 13 mins

Vatican Radio's Jubileum for the year 2000

Vatican Radio is broadcasting Jubileum – "The Holy Year Live" – to the world

• 13 mins

Call sign Speedbird London

Speedbird London's short wave service broadcasts to British Airways' fleet from Heathrow

• 13 mins

Indian Street Children on Air

New Delhi street children make their own radio programme about their lives

• 13 mins

Satellite radio reaches Asia

New satellite brings WorldSpace radio network to Asia

• 13 mins