On Jan 25, 3:40*pm, wrote:
Since the Cold War in Europe lasted some 50 years, just how could
Shortwave Radio be considered valuable at that time? *North Korea has
been Communist since 1945 and Shortwave Radio has changed nothing in
that situation so far. So, are we all being lead to believe that our
infomation broadcasts to N. Korea is going to change anything?

I used to work with a Romanian that listened to the BBC when he was
living in that hell-hole. The guy knew his modern history quite well.
Without shortwave, you would have something like Checkov on Star Trek,
who believed the Soviet pravda.

There is a story, probably not on the internet due to how many years
ago it happened, where a BBC official got the special treatment from
Ceausescu. Apparent Ceausescu had a chair that would nuke the
occupant. I did a google search and can't find the story, but my
recollection is the BBC person got cancer after the "treatment."