SW>  DS>>  Then how would they even afford to buy the radios to listen ?
SW>  MSc>     Most people in Third World nations _can't_ afford a radio.
SW>  MSc>     Get an almanac.  Most list the number of radios (UN 
SW> statistics) 
SW> in
SW>  MSc> every country.  Divide that into the population, and you will 
SW> fast 
SW> see
SW>  MSc> that 
SW>  MSc> the overwhelming majority of the people in a typical Third 
SW> World
SW>  MSc> country 
SW>  MSc> cannot afford even a single radio in their household.
SW> 
SW> I dont know what you  class as a third world country, but we
SW> regularly visit The Gambia, West Africa ex British colony, going
SW> away from the towns and villages most homes have a transistor
SW> radio
    I've seen the statistics for Mexico.  Look at the ratio of receivers per 
Mexican.
SW> radio, if not homes substitute community, 
    That's a hell of a different statistic.  It's like saying that one home 
in a quarter-mile radius of yours has a TV instead of every home having one.
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