Domestic SW broadcasting in the US is illegal!

The law has been on the books since the 1970s.

Better send in Sgt. Friday: "Just the facts m'am".

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Domestic SW broadcasting in the US is illegal!

The law has been on the books since the 1970s.

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
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Domestic SW broadcasting in the US is illegal!

The law has been on the books since the 1970s.





So what does the law say? And what happened in the 70s? I have the
impression that the SW broadcasters had to give up thier transmitters at the
start of WW2. These transmitters were used for propaganda broadcasts during
the war. After the war ended, the broadcasters were offered thier
transmitters back, but were prohibited from targeting the US. Those that
didn't take the transmitters back were paid by the government. Most of the
broadcasters took the money. Those transmitters were used to start up the
VOA.

That's my recollection from a few stories I may have heard or read or maybe
not. How much of that is correct? Anyway, I've been listening since about
1970, and I can't remember a time when there wasn't at least a couple of US
independent SW broadcasters with domestic content.

Frank Dresser

Wow, very interesting. Sounds quite plausable.

Guess with one post I started two threads and counting....LOL.

mike


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So what does the law say? And what happened in the 70s? I have the
impression that the SW broadcasters had to give up thier transmitters at
the
start of WW2. These transmitters were used for propaganda broadcasts
during
the war. After the war ended, the broadcasters were offered thier
transmitters back, but were prohibited from targeting the US. Those that
didn't take the transmitters back were paid by the government. Most of
the
broadcasters took the money. Those transmitters were used to start up the
VOA.

That's my recollection from a few stories I may have heard or read or
maybe
not. How much of that is correct? Anyway, I've been listening since
about
1970, and I can't remember a time when there wasn't at least a couple of
US
independent SW broadcasters with domestic content.

Frank Dresser

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
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Domestic SW broadcasting in the US is illegal!

The law has been on the books since the 1970s.





So what does the law say? And what happened in the 70s? I have the
impression that the SW broadcasters had to give up thier transmitters at the
start of WW2. These transmitters were used for propaganda broadcasts during
the war. After the war ended, the broadcasters were offered thier
transmitters back, but were prohibited from targeting the US. Those that
didn't take the transmitters back were paid by the government. Most of the
broadcasters took the money. Those transmitters were used to start up the
VOA.

That's my recollection from a few stories I may have heard or read or maybe
not. How much of that is correct? Anyway, I've been listening since about
1970, and I can't remember a time when there wasn't at least a couple of US
independent SW broadcasters with domestic content.

Frank Dresser


What kind of content did they broadcast in the 70s and 80s? Surely the
militia patriot guys hadn't come along yet, had they? Was it all just
religious back then?

--
Col. I.P. Yurin
Commissariat of Internal Security

Stakhanovite
Order of Lenin (1937)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1939)

"http://CBC.am/" wrote in message
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Domestic SW broadcasting in the US is illegal!

The law has been on the books since the 1970s.

Actually, it goes much further back than that.