US: "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering new content ratings for TV shows that depict or discuss gender identity. Doing so would be well outside the FCC's legal authority" - reason.com/2026/05/31/t...

"UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing death of King Charles" - www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

"There is a single satellite launched by the US Navy in 1964 that is still in orbit, still transmitting, and still being used by amateur radio operators around the world — and nobody at the Navy has been in charge of it for decades" - spacedaily.com/b-there-is-a...

"On August 21, 2025, the... longest-lasting solar radio burst ever observed [began. It] lasted for a total of 19 days... a trio of explosive outbursts, called coronal mass ejections, within the same region may have fueled the record-breaking event" - gizmodo.com/nasa-tracked...

For many people, Eurovision has always been more than music, it’s also political, whether organizers admit it or not. As protests grow across Europe over Israel’s participation, Slovenia’s move is already starting conversations far beyond the stage. Let’s boycott Eurovison!

Witness the mesmerizing dance of the aurora above Hverfjall volcano, a stunning natural spectacle in Iceland's northern skies. A journey worth every moment.

"With small drones inflicting massive losses on both sides in Ukraine, defense electronics maker L3Harris is reprogramming its widely used Falcon IV handheld radios to generate a personal protective electronic-warfare 'bubble' for the soldiers carrying them" - breakingdefense.com/2026/05/l3ha...

"The machinery of the federal government — using agencies like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)... is being loosed on the president’s enemies with a thoroughness and a vindictiveness that has begun to unsettle even his most loyal media allies" - www.salon.com/2026/05/05/t...

US: "Donald Trump has faced a consistent series of legal defeats in his ongoing disputes with American media organizations yet these rulings appear to have done little to curb a broader campaign of pressure & retaliation that extends well beyond the courtroom" www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

"The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered an early review of the licence of broadcaster ABC, a day after Donald Trump and his wife Melania demanded it fire comedian and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel" - www.thejournal.ie/us-regulator...

This do-it-yourself communications network is quietly spreading across Connecticut... The technology is built using long-range radio, or LoRa, protocols, allowing users to communicate using text messages at a distance of about 2 miles with very little power" - www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

"Former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes resigned from his post as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group on Wednesday... Trump Media reported $3.7 million in revenue & a net loss of $712 million... Trump Media projects that losses will continue for the 'foreseeable future'" - www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

"Can you actually buy routers made in America? As of April 2026, the answer to this question appears to be no. Even American-based companies like Google and Netgear do not manufacture their routers in America, instead using factories in Vietnam, Taiwan, and China" - www.bgr.com/2141210/can-...

"In an exciting recent development, NASA has reported that a mysterious FM radio signal has been detected... coming from Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon... NASA officials have stated that they unfortunately believe the signal is of natural origin" - blog.sciandnature.com/2025/06/nasa...

Jose Ossa and Giovanni Cruz, film students at Cal State Dominguez Hills, were documenting a protest at LA’s Metropolitan Detention Center on March 28 when they were detained in a LAPD kettle and put in zip ties.

"Arena Physica is releasing Atlas RF Studio Beta, a lightweight instance of our Atlas platform, for AI-driven RF component design powered by a research preview of our foundation model for electromagnetics" - www.arenaphysica.com/publications...

"Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo unveiled a hardened wireless receiver that can withstand prolonged exposure to radiation... this chip was primarily designed to allow robots to work in contaminated areas for decommissioning nuclear reactors" - www.tomshardware.com/networking/r...

"Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time... Coronae also emit light in the visible part of the spectrum. But... the relatively dim background light of a thunderstorm obscures it" - www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Apple has issued an emergency recall for the new Neo laptop after discovering a critical design flaw: it’s repairable. Internal testing revealed the device contains replaceable parts and a battery that comes out without adhesive. Unacceptable for their standards.

US, 1 of 2: "A federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order cutting funding to NPR and the PBS was a violation of their First Amendment rights... He described the cut to funding as 'viewpoint discrimination'." - www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

1 of 2: On Facebook, Charlie Talmadge provided these frequencies for monitoring tomorrow's Artemis launch: Amateur SSTV: 437.55 MHz FM (primary), 437.92 MHz (backup), per !Libre Space Community. Space Coast VHF: 146.94 MHz (FM mode) often carries launch audio, per !NASA and !Talk of Titusville...

The BBC's commercial division (called Storyworks) is being criticized for partnering with Saudi Arabia's sovereign investment fund to produce programs "greenwashing" Aramco and praising the kingdom's liberal policies re women - www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

"Radio signals at the edge of extreme stars come from far beyond their surfaces... it suggests that nearly all gamma-ray millisecond pulsars also emit radio waves, even if those signals may be faint or difficult to detect" - phys.org/news/2026-03...

UK/US: "The BBC is 'corrupt, fraudulent news', US President Donald Trump said, as he accused the broadcaster of editing his speech with artificial intelligence (AI)... Trump also criticised the BBC’s coverage of the US war on Iran as 'so inaccurate'” - www.breakingnews.ie/entertainmen...

"FCC moves to block new foreign-made routers. Since most router makers use overseas manufacturing, it's unclear which manufacturers would actually be clear to continue selling their products" - www.pcworld.com/article/3096...

remember that one time a train derailed in Ohio and literally nobody died but it was a news story for like a full week and Pete Buttigieg had to personally answer for it?

The FCC has banned importation & sale of all Internet routers manufactured outside the US unless national security agencies approve. Does not apply to already imported/owned devices. News release: docs.fcc.gov/public/attac... Thanx to Experimental Radio News for the tip.

"The Quest to Build a Radio Telescope that can Hear the Cosmic Dark Ages... LuSEE-Night, short for Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment–Night... will be launched from Florida aboard a SpaceX rocket and carried to the moon’s far side [by] Blue Ghost Mission 2" - spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-radio-...

US: "Recent FCC frequency reclassifications could be the first steps in expanding publicly available GMRS & FRS allocations... [The 46/49 MHz] frequencies used by old cordless phones are severely underutilized." Might they be re-allocated for GMRS & FRS? - www.notebookcheck.net/New-public-G...

US: FCC chairman proposes "a policy designed to ensure reliable spectrum access for what he described as 'weird space stuff'... emerging ventures such as orbital laboratories, in-space satellite repairs and privately operated inhabitable spacecraft" - www.spaceconnectonline.com.au/satellites/7...

Video recording & written testimony from the 17 March 2026 Senate Subcommittee on Telecommunications & Media hearing on “US Leadership at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2027: Strategy and Challenges Ahead of Shanghai” - www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/3/u-s-l...

In a paper published in Nature Photonics, researchers at the University of Twente describe an ultra-sharp wideband radio filter. A thin coating of tellurium oxide on a standard silicon nitride chip responds to modulated laser light to produce stable clean radio signals - phys.org/news/2026-03...

US: "With the shuttering of CBS News Radio, nearly 700 stations will need a new national news partner. Todd Starnes is considering filling that gap... 'If anyone at CBS News Radio is looking for employment—send me a message,' Starnes wrote in a post on social media" barrettmedia.com/2026/03/20/t...

US: "CBS News said Friday it will shut down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, ending an era... Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country... The service will end on May 22" - apnews.com/article/cbs-...

US: "Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcasters' licenses over coverage of the Iran war, after President Trump accused news outlets of 'intentionally misleading' the American public" - www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

1 of 2: "Engineers at UNSW Sydney and Monash have developed an innovative way of sending hidden information that’s hard to intercept... the system works by making signals blend perfectly into the background of natural heat radiation" - www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

"Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America. The ruling, which said that Kari Lake’s appointment to oversee VOA’s parent agency was invalid, was a major rejection of President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the government-funded news group" - www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

Rohde & Schwarz is offering a free Worldwide Spectrum Allocations Poster, beautifully designed & updated to reflect the ITU 2020 Radio Regulations and changes from WRC-19 - www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/solutions...

Details: 📅 Friday, March 6th 🕥 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM 📍McCourt Capitol Conference Room 🖊️RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join us for a joint event with @lawfaremedia.org and @gtowntechlaw.bsky.social, “Installing Updates to ECPA.” The event marks the 40th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and features keynote remarks and panels from leading experts on the future of surveillance law.

A shortwave "numbers" station has been heard on 7910 kHz broadcasting coded messages in Farsi using USB modulation. First reported earlier this year, a recording was posted 9 hours ago by "irateradio" on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iua1...

Martin Fischer on Facebook: "Listen to the ongoing war in Iran from one side: Radio Iran International (the audio signal from Iran International TV) can now be heard again on shortwave: "0300-1600 UTC on 9500 kHz "1600-0300 UTC on 5885 kHz"

In which @passantino.bsky.social and I break down the likely changes heading to CNN after David Ellison takes control. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZsx...

Today, a bipartisan group of Senators led by Senator Mike Lee & Senator Durbin introduced the SAFE Act — a sweeping set of reforms to FISA Section 702, the warrantless surveillance authority set to expire in less than 10 weeks. CDT is proud to endorse this bill.