Quoting Nathan Bollinger to Diane Levesque:
 NB> Sports.....YUK! But I can see your point. Broadcasting sports might
 NB> bring in  a bigger audience. I personally would like to see more music
 NB> programs.  That's might be another indication of the problems with
 NB> shortwave....too  much news/propoganda and not enough real
 NB> entertainment. It's possible to  tell other countries about your
 NB> culture while still entertaining them. But  an hour long dissertation
 NB> on copper-wire production will turn folks off in a  hurry.
I agree. News and current affairs is all very well, and some countries
have a much better idea of world news than others, but there is a limit
as to how many different ways an item can be reported.
Radio Moscow, for example, had an extremly good jazz programme during
the 1970s. The BBC World Service was a good mix of general entertainment
- music, drama, panel games, etc - as well as news, but these days you
can have three hours of solid news. This is too much! These aren't the
only examples; the general attituide everywhere is to bring in more
chat.
rgds
LAurence
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