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reported December 12th that a user on the rec.radio.shortwave newsgroup
relayed part of a thread from avsforum.com. In the thread, a Sangean
employee made an unofficial announcement about Sangean shifting its focus
>from shortwave:
No, Sangean will not release a new Shortwave radio. The closest thing to
it will be our DRM-40, featuring DRM, Digital Radio Mondale, digital
shortwave. The reason being that we have over the past 5 years seen a 50%
reduction in the shortwave category. People unfortunately are not
interested in SW.
Item is Dec 4:
(via Mike Barraclough-UK, wwdxc BC-DX Dec 15)
Internationales Radio in Europa
Over the past 15 years, international radio broadcasters have been
operating in a constant state of transition. Whether it is the well-known
analogue short wave bands, Digital Radio Mondiale, satellite radio,
internet-based live-streams and on-demand audio files, local or regional
re-broadcasting ... it seems uncertain which means of distribution is best
for broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, the Voice of Russia, or
Deutsche Welle Radio. At the same time, as media consumption has changed
fundamentally, fewer and fewer countries are now willing to finance their
international radio outlets.
The new book, "Internationales Radio in Europa", written in German, brings
together articles from 10 radio journalists and representatives of
European public and state broadcasters. They describe the current state of
international radio, look back at stations and projects that ceased to
exist, and discuss possible future scenarios. Amongst the contributors
are: Uta Thofern (DW Radio), Miroslav Krupicka (Radio Prague), Gundula
Adolfsson (Radio Sweden), Ingrid Huettmann (Voice of the Mediterranean,
Malta), and Wolf Harranth (Radio Austria International).
"Internationales Radio in Europa" (ISBN 3-89796-132-6) is published by
Gardez! Verlag in Remscheid/Germany. The volume of 104 pages costs 19.95
Euros. It can be ordered through booksellers across Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland, through various internet bookstores, as well as directly from
Gardez! Verlag, Richthofenstr. 14, 42899 Remscheid, Germany.
Internet: / e-mail:
(Voelkner, Dec 02; via dswci DXW)
vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX