Of all the rabbit holes we technical types tend to fall down, perhaps the one with the most twists and turns is: time. Some of this is due to the curiously mysterious nature of time itself, but more ...

President Donald Trump’s administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation since World War II. WWV and WWVB in the state of Colorado ...

Last year was one of both celebration and uncertainty for WWV, the station adjacent to Fort Collins, Colo., that transmits automated time broadcasts on the shortwave bands. On the plus side, it marked ...

Many clocks sync with a government radio station that's been proposed to be closed. Scott Simon talks with Thomas Witherspoon of the website The SWLing Post. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: National Institute of ...

The world’s oldest licensed radio station, which operates from a location just north of Fort Collins, will turn 100 years old on Oct. 1. That may sound like a long time for a radio station, but WWV ...

An image from the story “Why WWV and WWVH Still Matter.” The WWVH building seen at night. While I agree with most of the points raised by the author of “Why WWV and WWVH Still Matter,” as an engineer ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: National Institute of Standards and Technology time - this is radio station WWV, Fort Collins, Colo. SIMON: WWV is the oldest continuously operating radio station in the United ...