Not when the power [or the internet] is out..LOL.
[2.5 years too late]
Wouldn't you think that anyone who wants to broadcast short wave would also want to stream onto the Internet?It may actually be cheaper to purchase airtime (yes, any of these domestic broadcasters like Alex Jones purchase airtime from WWRB (Purchasing Airtime On WWRB) and do not own any transmitting facilities) at somewhere around 50 bucks an hour than directly source streaming audio on the web ... there are other considerations, too, such as shortwave broadcasting, per se, originating in the USA (on US soil) is intended, per FCC rules and regs in place for shortwave broadcasting, for broadcasting to *other* parts of the world - NOT an audience in the USA ...
This last aspect may, or may not, play into decisions to directly put 'streams' on the internet intended for US listenership (although domestic stations that carry Alex Jones's show may stream themselves).
We all *know* that Alex Jones broadcasts primarily to a US-based audience; I think he (and his broadcaster/transmitting service) is walking a very fine line (if not distinctly OVER that fine line) by purchasing airtime from a broadcaster whose purpose is to broadcast to the world - but carries program content distinctly aimed at a domestic US audience; the bunker-buddy crowd.
I suppose if someone were to 'raise a stink' with a complaint to the FCC about this the broadcaster (the guys who own and lease their 'air time' via their transmitter and license to Alex Jones et al) might get 'cold' feet' and refuse to sell him any more airtime targeted to that US-based audience ...
P.S. Alex Jones is now purchasing airtime from WWCR - perhaps for better coverage, perhaps for other reasons as mentioned above (I don't know; I'm only surmising now).