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Best SW stations for news?
I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm
thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
BBC (America and Africa streams), RNL, DW, R Australia, Radio Havana Cuba,
Radio Polonia & Channel Africa on CBC 1 radio overnight. CBC on MW. Not bothering with USA stations, can hear and see all of that without SW. On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:05 pm, tommyknocker posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. |
uncle arnie wrote:
BBC (America and Africa streams), RNL, DW, R Australia, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Polonia & Channel Africa on CBC 1 radio overnight. CBC on MW. Not bothering with USA stations, can hear and see all of that without SW. Any MW from North of the Border is drowned out by all the locals on that band. I live at the confluence of two major broadcasting markets. As for the Netherlands, they cut their news bulletins a year or so ago in favor of 30 minutes of prerecorded NewsLine. That and they tend to have technical problems, at least on the Western NAm stream. Havana always makes me feel like I'm in a time warp back to my days as a people's vanguard in San Francisco-they sound a lot like my former comrades. Kind of amusing now that I'm grown up, but I wouldn't want to listen to it every night. On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:05 pm, tommyknocker posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:45:04 -0600, uncle arnie
-mex. wrote: BBC (America and Africa streams), RNL, DW, R Australia, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Polonia & Channel Africa on CBC 1 radio overnight. CBC on MW. Not bothering with USA stations, can hear and see all of that without SW. On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:05 pm, tommyknocker posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. BBC is okay, though in my estimation they are turning (or perhaps have already turned) into a mirror of how US news operates - the prime difference being that you see the British slant versus American. DW was always a favorite and I miss their programming (they no longer target North America). Radio Netherlands is decent and an easy catch also. Being as you're 'Pacific Rim' Australia is a good source of news and so is Japan, South Korea and China - though you'll probably hear China from a relay, I think they have one in Canada. Speaking of Canada, our neighbors to the north have a different view of world events than we do in the US so they too are worth listening to. Cuba is fun, especially if you used to listen to Radio Moscow during the height of the Cold War - Cuba will remind you of those days. Happy Listening, Howard |
"tommyknocker" wrote in message ... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. WWCR, WWRB, WHRI, WMRI |
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= = = tommyknocker wrote in message
= = = ... uncle arnie wrote: BBC (America and Africa streams), RNL, DW, R Australia, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Polonia & Channel Africa on CBC 1 radio overnight. CBC on MW. Not bothering with USA stations, can hear and see all of that without SW. Any MW from North of the Border is drowned out by all the locals on that band. I live at the confluence of two major broadcasting markets. As for the Netherlands, they cut their news bulletins a year or so ago in favor of 30 minutes of prerecorded NewsLine. That and they tend to have technical problems, at least on the Western NAm stream. Havana always makes me feel like I'm in a time warp back to my days as a people's vanguard in San Francisco-they sound a lot like my former comrades. Kind of amusing now that I'm grown up, but I wouldn't want to listen to it every night. TK, I can generally pick-up CBK 540 kHz (SK) and CBU 690 kHz (BC) from Canada for the "OverNight" International News Programming; down here in the SF Bay Area in the wee-hours of most mornings. RADIO-ONE-CANADA= http://tinyurl.com/3lse4 NOTE: Most Internaional Shortwave Broadcasts BBC, DW, RCI, ABC, RNZ, NHK, CRI, VOR, VOA, etc are the easier catches. The Internet is the easier listen. OVERNIGHT= http://www.cbc.ca/overnight/ Radio One - Canada - Streaming Audio: AUDIO= http://www.cbc.ca/listen/streams/r1_victoria.html Finding "Radio Canada" Radio Station Frequencies: http://www.cbc.ca/frequency/ CBC on Shortwave {Interior} to the Great White North http://www.cbc.ca/frequency/shortwave.html Radio Canada International English Broadcast Schedule and Frequencies http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/PDF/B04_RCI-1_24h.pdf RCI-ALL= http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/horaires.shtml jm2cw ~ RHF Icom IC-R75 with a Quantum QX Pro 15" Ferrite Rod Antenna Kenwood R-5000 with a Kiwa MW Air Core Loop Antenna OK-Land, Cali-4-Ni-A .. .. On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:05 pm, tommyknocker posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Frank Dresser wrote:
"tommyknocker" wrote in message ... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. WWCR, WWRB, WHRI, WMRI WWV, WWVH, CHU, BMP Well, this is a sw newsgroup and those stations do cover sw propagation news. -- -\_,-~-\___...__._._._._._._._._._._._. For real Dxing, see]http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/index.html |
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David wrote: World Radio Network is widely available: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/station...p?StationID=50 Is WRN on shortwave, 'tard boy? dxAce Michigan USA |
All of the stations on WRN are current or former SW Broadcasters.
They carry many of the stations mentioned elsewhere in the thread, friend. On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:49:13 -0500, dxAce wrote: David wrote: World Radio Network is widely available: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/station...p?StationID=50 Is WRN on shortwave, 'tard boy? dxAce Michigan USA |
David wrote: All of the stations on WRN are current or former SW Broadcasters. They carry many of the stations mentioned elsewhere in the thread, friend. Yes... But WRN is not on shortwave. Please, please, try to pay attention. On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:49:13 -0500, dxAce wrote: David wrote: World Radio Network is widely available: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/station...p?StationID=50 Is WRN on shortwave, 'tard boy? dxAce Michigan USA |
Please try to ****-off and die, Asshole.
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:35:13 -0500, dxAce wrote: Yes... But WRN is not on shortwave. Please, please, try to pay attention. |
David wrote: Please try to ****-off and die, Asshole. I'll try to keep your comments in mind, 'tard boy. Now, why don't you just take your little 'tard boy ass off to work and make some more bad TV. You get back to me at some point when you get the radio thing figured out. dxAce Michigan USA |
I'm not in creative. Just keeping the pictures pretty.
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:16:24 -0500, dxAce wrote: David wrote: Please try to ****-off and die, Asshole. I'll try to keep your comments in mind, 'tard boy. Now, why don't you just take your little 'tard boy ass off to work and make some more bad TV. You get back to me at some point when you get the radio thing figured out. dxAce Michigan USA |
In article , dxAce wrote:
David wrote: World Radio Network is widely available: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/station...p?StationID=50 Is WRN on shortwave, 'tard boy? The Radio Canada International afternoon DRM transmission schedule on 9800 sure looks like it might be fed from WRN. Mark Zenier Washington State resident |
Leonard Martin wrote:
I'll try to keep your comments in mind, 'tard boy. Now, why don't you just take your little 'tard boy ass off to work and make some more bad TV. You get back to me at some point when you get the radio thing figured out. dxAce Michigan USA Oh joy! Another plonkee! (Because even in east Texas in the '50s only poor white trash called EVERYONE nasty names!) The 'Ace' has been doing it ever since he moved from Gilmer. He was taught good. mike |
m II wrote: Leonard Martin wrote: I'll try to keep your comments in mind, 'tard boy. Now, why don't you just take your little 'tard boy ass off to work and make some more bad TV. You get back to me at some point when you get the radio thing figured out. dxAce Michigan USA Oh joy! Another plonkee! (Because even in east Texas in the '50s only poor white trash called EVERYONE nasty names!) The 'Ace' has been doing it ever since he moved from Gilmer. He was taught good. Indeed. I actually paid attention. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... m II wrote: Leonard Martin wrote: I'll try to keep your comments in mind, 'tard boy. Now, why don't you just take your little 'tard boy ass off to work and make some more bad TV. You get back to me at some point when you get the radio thing figured out. dxAce Michigan USA Oh joy! Another plonkee! (Because even in east Texas in the '50s only poor white trash called EVERYONE nasty names!) The 'Ace' has been doing it ever since he moved from Gilmer. He was taught good. Indeed. I actually paid attention. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm Should I add him to the truckload for the guitar? B.H. |
If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must
walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! |
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bug schrieb: I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any way. Hard (or IMHO impossible) to find. Tell us when you (seem to) have found such. Good luck. |
bug wrote:
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, As a liberal with some conservative leanings -- I support a strong national defense, I support handgun ownership for non-felons, etc. -- I no issue with "liberally-biased" media. It's the right-wing, fundamentalist who really want a Christian theocracy in the U.S. that scare the **** outta me! And the sad part is, those people seem to be in control now, and the rest of the population seems to have given their assent to a fascist fundamentalist government. Someday the American people will realize that "free speech for me but not for you" isn't a great idea, but by then it will be too late. It wouldn't matter if the US wasn't the only remaining superpower, a corrupt fascist military power sitting astride the world like Rome and doing whatever it wants simply because it can, and having the support of its ignorant populace to do so. bug not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
David wrote:
If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. My grandparents can remember when "news" used to be 15 minutes long. Now we have 24 hour news channels-all "news", all the time. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! You forgot Voice of Korea. They may suffer from the same problems that linger at VoR, but *dang* they're hilarious to listen to. Amazingly, China Radio International, while still soft-pedaling its own internal national problems, is much better than decades ago. They seem, on the surface anyway, to be aiming more for gentle persuasion and ideological moderation rather than hard-line bullyragging. A special note for the Aussies and Kiwis - they insert a wry sense of fun into all their "live" programming that is irresistible, and reminiscent of the good old days when everyone wasn't so PC and knew a laugh was worth a few-bucks-worth of wattpower. The news from down under is always worth a listen just for the quips. Sort of like Radio Nederland and RCI were 20 years ago. Bruce Jensen |
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:51:56 -0800, Steve Silverwood
wrote: In article , says... I no issue with "liberally-biased" media. I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any way. Just give me the facts and let me do my own analysis, thank you very much. Exactly! |
Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember
when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:02:42 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: David wrote: If you think American mainstream media is ''liberal biased'' you must walk without bending your knees and have a closet full of brown shirts. American media is totally dominated by corporate propaganda and fluff pieces. It is infotainment at best and calculated to make the viewer stupid. My grandparents can remember when "news" used to be 15 minutes long. Now we have 24 hour news channels-all "news", all the time. On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:31:26 -0800, Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I was wondering what all of you regularly listen to for news on SW. I'm thinking of dusting off my Degen 1102 and seeing what I can hear that comes in reliably. I'm in northern California. I'm sick of depending on American TeeVee for news. I agree. Domestic media is often liberally-biased, not to mention America-centric. I often enjoy hearing what those in other countries have to say about world events. It's often very eye-opening. My short list of excellent news sources on shortwave: BBC Voice of America Radio Netherlands Deutsche Welle Radio Taiwan NHK Radio Japan Radio Canada International Radio Australia Radio New Zealand International Voice of Russia Those all give pretty straightforward news reports. For news reports that are somewhat slanted, you'll find Radio Havana Cuba and China Radio International interesting. Voice of Russia (formerly Radio Moscow) would have been in the "slanted" list but they have been doing a commendable job in recent years of striving for fair-and-balanced reporting. They're not quite at the point where the VOA or BBC are, but that's probably because of external (i.e., government) influences and not any fault of the journalists themselves. Good job, guys! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Most,if not all,domestic "news" on tv and radio is spoon fed news from
fed govt "ministry of propaganda" lapdogs. cuhulin |
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says... I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any way. Hard (or IMHO impossible) to find. Tell us when you (seem to) have found such. Good luck. Actually, I think the Christian Science Monitor was well known for providing such news. Too bad they've left the SW broadcasting scene. -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
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says... You forgot Voice of Korea. They may suffer from the same problems that linger at VoR, but *dang* they're hilarious to listen to. It's been a long time since I managed to be listening at the right time to pick them up and listen to their broadcasts. Only left them out because of lack of first-hand listening experience. -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
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says... I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any way. Just give me the facts and let me do my own analysis, thank you very much. Were there such a news organization... As Sponge-Bob would say with cheerful sincerity: "Well - Good Luck With That!" Hope springs eternal.... -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
Leonard Martin wrote:
The 'Ace' has been doing it ever since he moved from Gilmer. He was taught good. Hey, I have relatives from there. I wonder if they're related to the Ace? Not unless they have tails. ooops..sorry..The 'Ace' has been extremely well behaved for the last little while, except for one tiny, forgivable, slip. I have to respect his self control and continue to refrain from petty, insensitive insults. mike (the sensitive) II |
m II wrote: Leonard Martin wrote: The 'Ace' has been doing it ever since he moved from Gilmer. He was taught good. Hey, I have relatives from there. I wonder if they're related to the Ace? Not unless they have tails. ooops..sorry..The 'Ace' has been extremely well behaved for the last little while, except for one tiny, forgivable, slip. I have to respect his self control and continue to refrain from petty, insensitive insults. Stuff it, 'tard boy. dxAce Michigan USA |
= = = David wrote in message
= = = . .. Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. DAVID, I Remember When . . . There was 'NO' 11 PM News [.] jftfoi ~ RHF .. .. |
I remember when the first tv station came to this city about fifty
something years ago and when I turned on my tv set in the mornings there was nothing but a test pattern on there for the first two hours or so and after the 10:00 PM news,it was lights out,no tv till the next morning. cuhulin |
In article ,
Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... I no issue with "liberally-biased" media. I would much prefer a [news-reporting] media that isn't biased in any way. Just give me the facts and let me do my own analysis, thank you very much. But the facts can often make no sense at all without context, and what context the news organization provides is where most of the bias comes in. One thing that's sneaked into the mix is that the US media is so damn lazy and goes to the Republican affiliated Washington DC think tanks for commentary to provide this context. Where on an overseas station, like Radio Aus. or Radio Netherlands, you'll hear a university professor, on American media you get the background from some guy from some outfit with "Enterprise" in the name, who is funded by a corporate grant and directed ideologically by the Republican party apparatus. Even if there is a more objective commentator, they often get paired in a "Cock Fight" with one of these mercenary propagandists. (A situation most professors aren't going to repeat). Mark Zenier Washington State resident |
Well when I first started watching the Tonight Show regularly the band
played for 15 minutes at 10:15 (Arizona Time) for markets where the local news was 15 minutes, which KVAR was doing at that time. On 30 Nov 2004 09:52:21 -0800, (RHF) wrote: = = = David wrote in message = = = . .. Your grandparents news had more relevant contents. BTW, I remember when the 11P News went from 15 to 30 minutes. DAVID, I Remember When . . . There was 'NO' 11 PM News [.] jftfoi ~ RHF . . |
dxAce wrote:
Stuff it, 'tard boy. sigh... |
In article ,
says... I remember when the first tv station came to this city about fifty something years ago and when I turned on my tv set in the mornings there was nothing but a test pattern on there for the first two hours or so and after the 10:00 PM news,it was lights out,no tv till the next morning. Now they fill the air time with infomercials.... This is progress? -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
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