i want to go back to the early days. Who would have owned them? Who would have been listening to them? Was it like televisions in the beginning, where only a select few had them? The transmission of them were mainly state owned, so therefore they would broadcast news and foreign affairs)? M e, everybody. And then the home radios, people were starting to buy from the id 19 twenties and onwards. And they became, if you like, like the dining room table. Everybody had to have one. Is it fair to say that the short wave broadcasts decades ago, were a lot like the internet, in the way that people around the world could all be listening to the same
The BBC is bringing back shortwave radio broadcasts to counter censorship and disinformation in Russia and Ukraine. Professor D.W. Stupples explains.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices