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To: politicianslie

Not sure what I want to listen to, because I’m not sure whats’s out there!

Doubt I would be listening to Argentinian soccer or whatever. But are there worldwide news broadcasts in English? Informational type contents, not entertainment. That sorta stuff.

You know, the kind of thing you would want to listen for after the asteroid hits...


7 posted on 10/19/2010 4:28:24 AM PDT by djf (OK, so you got milk. Got Tula???)
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To: djf

Yes, there are. Most major powers have SW broadcasts in a variety of languages. eg, Germany’s “Deutsche Welle” has broadcasts in English and German as well as Arabic, Spanish and other languages.

Voice of America has broadcasting in umpteen languages other than English.

The thing you’ll want to do first is figure out how much time and money you want to sink into this. Because you can sink in quite a little bit of both...


10 posted on 10/19/2010 4:38:06 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: djf

Deutsche Welle is one of the better broadcasters. BBC isn’t too bad if you can stand their “broadcast voice”. (Somebody must train them to speak that way.)

Music is almost always distorted in my experience.

If you have any language abilities, shortwave broadcasts can be good practice because most announcers speak distinctly. You can train your ear. (Probably why BBC announcers speak that way so they can be understood by WOGS.)

Cuban and other communist broadcasts I found amusing.


34 posted on 10/19/2010 9:09:05 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: djf

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69 posted on 10/24/2010 12:27:07 PM PDT by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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