uncle arnie wrote:

I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do other
than waking the wife (or husband).


Or people who like to get several points of view on world affairs.

Or people who enjoy listening to various kinds of music.

Or people who like listening to military or utility stations

The list goes on and on......

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who are SW listeners?
 

I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do other
than waking the wife (or husband).

The Axelrods wrote:



uncle arnie wrote:

I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do other
than waking the wife (or husband).


Or people who like to get several points of view on world affairs.

Or people who enjoy listening to various kinds of music.

Or people who like listening to military or utility stations

The list goes on and on......

How about people too poor to afford internet access and satellite radio,
or people outside the range of AM, FM and TV, or people who live in
repressive regimes where only one point of view is broadcast locally, or
people who are all three?



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I've been listening to shortwave radio broadcasts sine the summer of
1984,

I first listened to shortwave either in te late 60's or early 70's.

I once read that Americans are the *least* knowledgable about the rest
of the world than the other way around.

I think that idea isn't true and that foreigners just think that.

However, it probably will be true for a lot of Americans if the foreigners keep
getting rid of their shortwave broadcasts and their English language shortwave
broadcasts.

Not everyone has a computer.

And I don't see a lot of people with satellite dishes, either.

And DirectTV had very little foreign originated stuff.

Stereophile22 wrote:

I once read that Americans are the *least* knowledgable about the rest
of the world than the other way around.


I think that idea isn't true and that foreigners just think that.



Sadly, you may be very wrong.

=========================================
When more than 300 young Americans in the survey were shown a blank
world map and asked to indicate the location of the United States,
only 89 percent could do so.
Other findings from the survey:

* 34 percent of the young Americans knew that the island used on
last season's "Survivor" show was located in the South Pacific, but
only 30 percent could locate the state of New Jersey on a map. The
"Survivor" show's location was the Marquesas Islands in the eastern
South Pacific.
* When asked to find 10 specific states on a map of the United
States, only California and Texas could be located by a large majority
of those surveyed. Both states were correctly located by 89 percent of
the participants. Only 51 percent could find New York, the third most
populous state.
* On a world map, Americans could find on average only seven of
16 countries in the quiz. Swedes could find an average of 13 of the 16
countries.
* Only 71 percent of the surveyed Americans could locate the
Pacific Ocean, the world's largest body of water. Worldwide, three in
10 of those surveyed could not correctly locate the Pacific Ocean.
* Although 81 percent of the surveyed Americans knew that the
Middle East is the Earth's largest oil exporter, only 24 percent could
find Saudi Arabia on the map.


http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1020584

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However, it probably will be true for a lot of Americans if the foreigners keep
getting rid of their shortwave broadcasts and their English language shortwave
broadcasts.

Not everyone has a computer.

And I don't see a lot of people with satellite dishes, either.

And DirectTV had very little foreign originated stuff.




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Stereophile22 wrote:

I've been listening to shortwave radio broadcasts sine the summer of
1984,

I first listened to shortwave either in te late 60's or early 70's.

November 1986. I was just turning 12 (November 27) and Boy's Life-a
magazine for Boy Scouts-had an article on SW broadcasting and how you
could hear stations from around the world. The idea gripped me, and soon
I was bugging my parents for a SW radio. Problem is, they were broke,
and the cheapest radio we could find was $150-and of course it was
analog and so on. Finally my mom got in contact with a ham who went to
our church who dug out a Hallicrafters S-40 from his shack and gave it
to me. I'd never seen anything like it-what's a vacuum tube?-and was
utterly fascinated. I would rush home from school every day to listen to
the 31m band. I knew nothing about SW except what the old ham had showed
me, and when I tuned to either side of 31m I heard nothing, so for a
while I just stuck to 9500-10000 khz. But I heard most of the day's
major broadcasters, including the BBC and Radio Moscow.

I once read that Americans are the *least* knowledgable about the rest
of the world than the other way around.

I think that idea isn't true and that foreigners just think that.

Heck, even the Americans admit that they're ignorant about world
affairs! Part of the post 9-11 shock and the whole "we're so kind and
helpful, why do they want to kill us?" reaction was due to American
ignorance about what the US govt has done in their name to people around
the world.

However, it probably will be true for a lot of Americans if the foreigners keep
getting rid of their shortwave broadcasts and their English language shortwave
broadcasts.

I simply can't understand why the suits at DW and BBC are so intent on
cutting their First World directed transmissions. I think they're under
some grand illusions about how people live in reality. VOA I can
understand-it's run by people from FM radioland, and they're focused on
music services like Sawa.

Not everyone has a computer.

And I don't see a lot of people with satellite dishes, either.

And DirectTV had very little foreign originated stuff.





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"uncle arnie" &mex. wrote in message
...
I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do
other
than waking the wife (or husband).

US domestic SW radio is an important part of the alternate media. Listeners
can easily get much information which is hard to find elsewhere.

Frank Dresser

uncle arnie &mex. wrote in message ...
I'm guessing mostly people who wake at night and need something to do other
than waking the wife (or husband).

people who want to hear news from other countreis

An ignorant populace is essential for the fascists to be able to stay
in power. That's why we have the hideous fake news on TV.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:54:03 GMT, m II
wrote:

Stereophile22 wrote:

I once read that Americans are the *least* knowledgable about the rest
of the world than the other way around.


I think that idea isn't true and that foreigners just think that.



Sadly, you may be very wrong.

=========================================
When more than 300 young Americans in the survey were shown a blank
world map and asked to indicate the location of the United States,
only 89 percent could do so.
Other findings from the survey:

* 34 percent of the young Americans knew that the island used on
last season's "Survivor" show was located in the South Pacific, but
only 30 percent could locate the state of New Jersey on a map. The
"Survivor" show's location was the Marquesas Islands in the eastern
South Pacific.
* When asked to find 10 specific states on a map of the United
States, only California and Texas could be located by a large majority
of those surveyed. Both states were correctly located by 89 percent of
the participants. Only 51 percent could find New York, the third most
populous state.
* On a world map, Americans could find on average only seven of
16 countries in the quiz. Swedes could find an average of 13 of the 16
countries.
* Only 71 percent of the surveyed Americans could locate the
Pacific Ocean, the world's largest body of water. Worldwide, three in
10 of those surveyed could not correctly locate the Pacific Ocean.
* Although 81 percent of the surveyed Americans knew that the
Middle East is the Earth's largest oil exporter, only 24 percent could
find Saudi Arabia on the map.


http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1020584

================================================= =



mike















However, it probably will be true for a lot of Americans if the foreigners keep
getting rid of their shortwave broadcasts and their English language shortwave
broadcasts.

Not everyone has a computer.

And I don't see a lot of people with satellite dishes, either.

And DirectTV had very little foreign originated stuff.

David wrote:

An ignorant populace is essential for the fascists to be able to stay
in power. That's why we have the hideous fake news on TV.

Do you watch it, 'tard boy? If so, why? If not, then how would you know it is fake,
'tard boy?

Always LMFAO at the stupid 'tard boy.

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USA