The role of shortwave radio has been much debated by members of the U.S. international broadcasting community. Among those with a strong interest in the topic is George Woodard. I spoke with him about ...

The Trump administration wants to shut down two shortwave radio stations that broadcast time signals from the nation’s master clock. That has retired engineer Michael Welch up in arms. He’s been ...

Last week I was in my backyard using a fishing rod to cast a heavy weight up as high as I could into a tree. As you might expect, that attracted the attention of my next door neighbors. Which was a ...