Indeed. We are Luddites compared to urban Europe and Asia. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:51 PM To: Shortwave programming discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: I said good-bye to Sirius...
The model of being somewhere else is different from the model I wrote about; I was focusing specifically on the needs / habits of an American speaking English and listening within North America. The needs of an American (or Canadian...) in a remote, non-connected place, where English is not widely spoken are a different matter. I lament that the VOA has not grasped the need to serve the expat audience this way. While we contemplate how shortwave has become less relevant in a broadband, WiFi and WiMAX plumbed USA, consider that other developed regions are actually more pervasively broadbanded than the USA. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On 6/16/07, Daniel Say <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for immediate, I tell my oft-told tale of trying to > find news, huddling in some cold rainon an old Chinese > riverboat at 6 am on the Yangtze in the 3 Gorges trying to hear > RCanadaInt's plug-in programming of the World At Six > for Canadian news and freezing on the upper deck with > the radio against my ear straining to hear Canuckistan > news that didn't show up until 20 minutes into the news > and then only four items. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 6/17/2007 8:23 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.0/852 - Release Date: 6/17/2007 8:23 AM _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
