Open International Radio Conference

Miami-Dade Mayoral Candidate to Open International Radio Conference Co-Sponsored by WRMI
Miami-Dade County mayoral candidate Alfred Santamaria will officially open an international radio conference taking place at the Hilton Downtown Miami hotel August 22-26.
Nearly 100 engineers, frequency managers and other personnel from international radio stations in around 30 countries -- from Australia to Madagascar and Belarus to Hong Kong -- will convene in Miami for a week to coordinate shortwave frequency schedules in order to avoid mutual interference problems. The meeting is known as the High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC), and it takes place twice each year in different locations around the world. This is only the second time in the organization’s 26-year history that it has met in the United States, and the first time in Miami.

Stations participating in the HFCC Conference include government-owned broadcasters such as the Voice of America, Radio France International and Radio Japan. They also include religious broadcasters like Trans World Radio, EWTN Global Catholic Network and Adventist World Radio. Representatives of government regulatory agencies such as the FCC will also be in attendance. The conference is being co-organized by locally-based commercial station Radio Miami International and Broadcast Belgium.
“We think it’s significant that a worldwide radio conference like the HFCC is taking place in a world-class city like Miami which has so many international ties,” said Jeff White, General Manager of Radio Miami International and Chairman of the HFCC.
Among the items on the agenda for the HFCC Conference is the first-ever presentation of a new digital shortwave receiver capable of picking up stations from around the world in crystal-clear quality.
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