The Shortwave Report 5/18/07 ¡Listen Globally!

by Dan Roberts Friday, May. 18, 2007 at 8:46 PM
outfarpress@saber.net 707 459-1760 PO Box 1162 Willits CA 95490

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 (May 18) is up at the website

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (3.3MB) (29:00)

     This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.

From CHINA- In the Koreas, a train is expected to cross the border as part of the reunification process. The Iranian president said that his country is capable of defending itself, in reference to threats made by Dick Cheney in the Persian Gulf. Mayors of cities from around the world gathered in New York for an environmental summit.

From NETHERLANDS- An analysis of the 12 year reign of President Chirac in France and what the election of Sarkozy bodes for the future of France. Fighting between rival factions in Palestine continues to escalate into a terrible civil war from which the nation may not be able to recover.

From CUBA- The majority of countries on the World Bank board still hope Paul Wolfowitz will resign before the body loses all credibility. A British judge jailed a civil servant and a researcher and imposed a gag order on the media about a conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush about bombing the network Al-Jazeera. 25% of US soldiers returning from Iraq are filing disability claims, overwhelming health care providers.

From RUSSIA- A commentary on the motivations behind recent threats to Iran made by Cheney, Bush, and Rice. Japan is preparing a referendum on removing its constitutional article which prevents the nation from entering into war to solve international disputes.

There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line at- http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves

 

I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at http://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 (PST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via http://www.kzyx.org >

There are several other streams that work better- http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz  now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am and Saturday at 11am(PST)

The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from http://www.radio4all.net/podcast.php/.xml?series=outFarpress%20presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)

Check out the amazing streams at http://www.radicalradio.org >

And Radio For Peace International at http://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-

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_05_18_07.mp3 >(13.3MB)

link for smaller file and streaming-

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >

       ¡FurthuR!      Dan Roberts

--I have noticed that as soon as you have soldiers the story is called history. Before their arrival it is called myth, folktale, legend, fairy tale, oral poetry, ethnography. After the soldiers arrive, it is called history.

-Paula Gunn Allen

Original: The Shortwave Report 5/18/07 ¡Listen Globally!