"RJ" wrote in message
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Does a country like Finland want to spend a million bucks a year
to get its message to "Boondock South America" ??
again;
They can power up a PC,
Write their message in multiple languages.

advantage;
Besides being cheaper for the "broadcaster"
It actually reaches the PC literate in a country,
and chances are they're the people you want to reach.


That depends. There might be a number of Finns in a given country which has
poor internet access. Broadcasting to expatriots is still a perfectly good
use of SW broadcasting.

SW broadcasting started with the colonial powers such as Great Britian and
The Netherlands broadcasting programming from home to their people abroad.
Using radio for propaganda and public diplomacy started during WW2 and
continued through the Cold War.



Back to SWLing;
Perhaps my view is colored by SWLing in the US,
where it's probably the hobby of a few,
rather than the communication media for the many.

I guess there are countrys where folks rely on SW
for their news/info/entertainment......
But then, wouldn't they listen to their own country feeds ??


rj

Many, or most, of the tropical band stations have disappeared. They've been
replaced by FM stations and FM repeaters.

Frank Dresser