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Telamon wrote:
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"tom k in L.A." wrote:

On Nov 29, 10:16 am, "Frank Dresser"
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i think US shortwave is a travesty. terrible showing of our
country to the world as religious fanatics. terrible-- i hate
it and wish there were more intelligent US content broadcast.
Are you going to do anything about what's bothering you?

Frank Dresser
it would be good if US shortwave stations would sell big blocks of
time directly to Deutsche Welle, BBC, VoR, NHK, Radio Prague, etc.
then at least it would be intelligent programming.

Just because the US religious broadcasters don't have what you want
does not make them unintelligent.

I'm not interested in listening to relays from transmitters in our
own country. It kind of ruins the whole idea of SW for me.


There are 2 kinds of SWLs. One kind enjoys other cultures. One kind
doesn't.

For me it is not about "enjoying other cultures" but understanding
another countries point of view on current events. Generally I want the
ability to hear this opinion directly though the medium of SW so that
the influence of individuals domestic do not have the opportunity to
screw with this content. I have a great disrespect for the USA news
media that has a tendency to spin everything in favor of a liberal
point of view. Here, for example, the news and opinion provided by
"public radio" on the FM broadcast band provides vast amounts of
amusement.

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Telamon
Ventura, California