Mystery Surrounds Three Pending U.S. Shortwave Stations

By Nick Langan 

Published: April 10, 2025

The FCC granted two new CPs and one new license in the high-frequency international broadcast band — known to most as the shortwave band — to U.S. operators in January.

The two CPs granted in Illinois — to DPA Mac, based in San Francisco and Parable Broadcasting, based in Virginia — were partial in nature. These operators received grants for traditional international band broadcasting, under Part 73 of the FCC rules. But the applicants were denied their desire for “datacasting,” or nonbroadcast, point-to-point transmissions.

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