John Figliozzi has arranged for his directory of shortwave programs to be sold in North American Radio Shack stores as of the end of April. Radio Shack has found that many purchasers of shortwave radios don't understand the concepts of propagation and frequency allocations very well, and return many radios never having found anything of interest. John's book should help newcomers to the hobby learn about the diverse offerings of international broadcasters and, hopefully, get addicted to the hobby like the rest of us. While you couldn't air this type of program seven days a week, it was truly something special. If you heard Mid-West Radio, feedback is eagerly solicited.
History is a tough subjectto pin down on shortwave, that is.
History, whether a nation's or the world's, is used across the programming spectrum as a means to provide the listener with context. Consequently, history is likely to be included in any type of program you can namefrom news to music, business to culture, drama to quiz shows, mailbag to descriptions of everyday life in a country. There are a handful of programs which attempt to present history as an end in itself. The Voice of Russia has been running a series entitled Moscow Yesterday and Today which scans 850 years of the city's history. Daily on the same station, a program entitled Our Treasure Chest presents Russian history documentaries at 0332 on 7180 kHz.