"Thurston Howell III" wrote in message
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INTERNET RADIO V. SHORT-WAVE - IS SW DYING?

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I understand that poor countries do not widely have access to the
Internet, but US access is far reaching.


Traditional International broadcasting isn't dying, but it is declining.
The decline has practically nothing to do with the internet. The decline is
happening because:

Governments don't think shortwave gives them much for their money.

Mark Byford, or whoever, said as much when he said the BBC was targeting
opinion formers and decision makers. Putting international programming on
an internet feed will save some money on transmitter costs, but the cuts go
far further than that. Internet or not, programs are gone and languages are
gone. The governments which are cutting back don't think whatever listeners
they have are worth paying for. However, some broadcasters such as the BBC
and DW are able to sell programming to US broadcasters.




Will and/or have programmers
stop targeting the US by SW?


Some stop, others start. Governments may be losing interest in SW radio,
but there are people who actually WANT to be on SW radio. They WANT to be
on SW radio enough to pay to be on!! Sure, some of them may be con artists
or wierdos, but I find them to be a more interesting bunch then the usual
government radio types.



So I ask, is SW dying a slow death?


Things change. International broadcasting started as a way for countries
such as England or Holland to broadcast information to their people in their
colonies. The propaganda era ran from WW2 to the end of the Cold War. Now,
the Special Knowledge folk are ascendant.




I
look forward to a nice discussion, Thurston Howell III


Good luck!

Frank Dresser