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==History==

==History==

Starting in [[World War II]], governments began using shortwave broadcasts as a means of getting their broadcasts to people in enemy territory.  The [[United States]] government started the [[Voice of America]], and [[Great Britain]] broadcast their [[BBC]] signals, over shortwave into the [[Axis]] countries.  Later during the [[Cold War]], Western shortwave stations such as the Voice of America would be an important source of news from the free world for those living behind the [[Iron Curtain]].  The [[Soviet Union]] countered this with their [[Radio Moscow]] which used high powered transmitters to broadcast [[communist]] propaganda around the world in many languages.  Some countries including [[China]], [[North Korea]], and, during World War II, [[Germany]] and [[Japan]], used [[jamming]] of shortwave radio signals in an attempt to prevent their citizens from listening.

Starting in [[World War II]], governments began using shortwave broadcasts as a means of getting their broadcasts to people in enemy territory.  The [[United States]] government started the [[Voice of America]], and the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom's]] [[BBC]] signals, over shortwave into the [[Axis]] countries.  Later during the [[Cold War]], Western shortwave stations such as the Voice of America would be an important source of news from the free world for those living behind the [[Iron Curtain]].  The [[Soviet Union]] countered this with their [[Radio Moscow]] which used high powered transmitters to broadcast [[communist]] propaganda around the world in many languages.  Some countries including [[China]], [[North Korea]], and, during World War II, [[Germany]] and [[Japan]], used [[jamming]] of shortwave radio signals in an attempt to prevent their citizens from listening.

==Christian broadcasting on shortwave==

==Christian broadcasting on shortwave==

There are many [[Christian]] radio stations using the shortwave bands.  As shortwave radio is an effective method of reaching people in many third world countries in their own language, Christian ministries use shortwave to reach these people.  Increasingly, many Christian shortwave radio stations in the United States are also intended for a domestic audience and broadcast in English.  These range from [http://www.wwcr.com/ WWCR], which sells airtime to a variety of Protestant ministries and conservative political programs; to [http://www.ewtn.com/radio/index.asp WEWN], a [[Catholic]] station operated by the [[EWTN]] television network; to [http://www.familyradio.com/ WYFR], the long-running station featuring the [[Calvinist]] ministry of [[Harold Camping]].

There are many [[Christian]] radio stations using the shortwave bands.  As shortwave radio is an effective method of reaching people in many third world countries in their own language, Christian ministries use shortwave to reach these people.  Increasingly, many Christian shortwave radio stations in the United States are also intended for a domestic audience and broadcast in English.  These range from [http://www.wwcr.com/ WWCR], which sells airtime to a variety of Protestant ministries and conservative political programs; to [http://www.ewtn.com/radio/index.asp WEWN], a [[Catholic]] station operated by the [[Eternal Word Television Network|EWTN]] television network; to [http://www.familyradio.com/ WYFR], the long-running station featuring the [[Calvinist]] ministry of [[Harold Camping]].

==Utility stations==

==Utility stations==

==References==

==References==

* ''Passport to World Band Radio'', 2007 edition.  International Broadcasting Services Ltd.  ISBN 0-914941-63-1.

* ''Passport to World Band Radio'', 2007 edition.  International Broadcasting Services Ltd.  ISBN 0-914941-63-1.