The future of shortwave?
 

In article , Scott Dorsey wrote:
David Eduardo wrote:

But they don't use it. In the last year, in the Mexico City, Guadalajara and
Monterrey ratings, there was not one mention of SW broadcasts as being
listened to.... out of a sample of about 50,000 persons. This means that SW
reaches less than 0.01% of listeners in these cities with a combined
population of over 35 million.

Which brings to mind... whatever happened to the shortwave outlet of the
college radio station in Mexico City? They were on the air just a few
years ago.

Try 6185 +/- 10 Khz. (Somewhere around there. Brain Fade...)

--scott

I think what will keep shortwave going is that it's fairly inexpensive to
hang a small shortwave outlet off an existing station or network. Even if
you are broadcasting primarily on a network of FM stations, hanging a small
1KW shortwave transmitter off your net adds fairly minimal cost and these
days pretty low maintenance. It doesn't get you a huge audience, but
that's okay. I think the 250KW powerhouses are doomed, though.

Countries with a maritime audience, like Greece, will probably still
target their nationals. Likewise Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand
with their widely spread target populations on the islands.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident