I agree with almost all you say here, Joe; but with one caveat. I don't think we ought to be fooled into thinking that call-in shows give us a whole picture of what the man and woman in the street believes or thinks. Many call-in shows are designed to appeal to a particular segment of the population and thus can present a skewed picture. I would relate to someone overseas that listens to US-based shortwave stations and presumes that they represent mainstream American thought. I do think that most call-ins outside North America to which I've listened via the internet attmept to be more inclusive; but unfortunately they seem to be copying our sorry model more and more rather than the other way around.
Nonetheless, I agree that eavesdropping on local media has significant content that services designed specifically for an international audience might overlook or intentionally ignore and deemphasize. John Figliozzi ---- Joe Buch <[email protected]> wrote: > As NPR is to VOA and CBC-1 is to RCI, I find that local radio via the > internet is more interesting than network radio in general. It is as close > to teletransportation as our technology currently permits. > > The one exception is local UK radio compared to BBC World Service. There is > no better single source of world news in my opinion. > > Local call-in programs are an excellent way to discern how Joe Sixpack feels > about current events and issues. > > So I will continue to wander the internet until someday possibly I'll be able > to say, "Beam me over Scotty!" > > Joe Buch > > --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Swprograms] Interesting quote from Kai Ludwig via DXLD regarding > > NPR > > To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 3:38 AM > > In DXLD 9-016 is mention that NPR programming airs in > > Moscow...longtime radio observer Kai Ludwig notes that > > "...First > > Berlin, now Moscow. It seems that for > > developed countries NPR becomes more and more the new > > "Voice of > > America ". London, too... > > > > I agree -- global audiences appear to find NPR programming > > more > > compelling than that of the VOA...much like we in the USA > > find CBC > > Radio One more interesting than RCI. > > > > > > -- > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > > > > International broadcasting / shortwave blog: > > http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Swprograms mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or > > visit the URL shown above. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
