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The Shortwave Report 03/13/09 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (March 13) is up at the website
www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} www.audioport.org/index.php;)

This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
From CHINA- Chinese President Hu Jintao defended the human rights situation in Tibet on the 50th anniversary of the exile of the Dalai Lama. China is angry over US criticism of the same human rights in Tibet. Ships from China and the US got into a confrontation in the South China Sea. China expects to land a man on the moon in 2020. North Korea says it will take "every necessary measure" to protect its sovereignty as the US and South Korea engage in war exercises. Iranian President Ahmadinejad said that global inequality has created the financial crisis and that the capitalist economy is on the verge of collapse. Top climate scientists warned that sea levels could rise twice as much as previously projected.
From NETHERLANDS- Radio Netherlands has eliminated shortwave broadcasts to North America. The decision is based on their surveys that find very few listeners in N America. If you ever listen to RN on shortwave, please let them know- by email to letters (at) rnw.nl or send them a letter to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, PO Box 222, 1200JG, Hilversum, The Netherlands.
A press review on several cities in the Netherlands showing solidarity with exiled Tibetans on their 50th anniversary. 2 British soldiers were killed in Northern Ireland by "the Real IRA"- an analysis of how the next generation of Irish may respond to British domination. At a United Nations Commission on Drugs in Vienna, several coalitions are calling for the complete legalizations of drugs.
From CUBA- Prisons run by the CIA are being investigated by United Nations experts, along with 10 US military bases used by the CIA. A Viewpoint on President Obama's pledge to withdraw troops from Iraq, while leaving 30-50,000 troops stationed there.
From RUSSIA- A commentary on President Obama's plans to talk with Taleban leaders in Afghanistan, as a means to arrive at a peaceful solution to the US occupation of the country.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line at-www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves

I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at radio.mediageek.net

All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- < www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from < feed://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=outFarpress+presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at < www.radicalradio.org >
And Radio For Peace International at < www.rfpi.org >

I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I am still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_03_13_09.mp3 >(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts
-"Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong."
--Lillian Wald, reformer and peace activist, 1914
 
 

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