RHF,

I prefer to listen to shows on the shortwave but honestly, there are a
lot of times when the signal just isn't that good while the stream is.
To me, streaming enhances, not harms shortwave. I like listening to
WBCQ but a lot of times but their signal is crap here in South
Carolina a lot of the time. So I listen online. If no one listened on
online, a lot of shows wouldn't be airing on shortwave now.

Yes, it sucks that the BBC, Radio Netherlands, Austria, Israel and
many others no longer transmit on shortwave aimed at North America or
have stopped all together. So I don't listen to them streaming
either.

Cheers