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World band radio is a trusted source of daily entertainment and crisis reporting for millions of Americans. Passport, the #1 seller in the field, provides exactly what world band listeners want. Entering its 21st year, it outsells all competitors combined.
With hundreds of world band shortwave radio stations on the air, this book makes it easy to tune in news, sports, and entertainment from Arabia to Yugoslavia--the listings are hour-by-hour, country-by-country and channel-by-channel. Includes ratings of world band radios and helpful how-to articles. 125 photos.
You've already heard about it from network TV, CNN, the print media, and word of mouth: Millions of Americans now listen to world band shortwave radio, broadcasting's fastest-growing segment. And Passport to World Band Radio is the world's #1 selling shortwave publication. Reveals what's on hour by hour, country by country, and channel by channel. 100 photos.
Shortwave broadcasting originated in the 1920s, when stations used the new technology to increase their range in order to serve foreign audiences and reach parts of their own country not easily otherwise covered. The early days of shortwave radio were covered in On the Short Waves, 1923-1945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of Radio, published by McFarland in 1999 (paperback 2007). Then, two companion volumes were published, picking up the story after World War II. They were Listening on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today (McFarland, 2008; paperback 2010), which focuses on the shortwave listening community, and the present Broadcasting title, about the stations themselves and their envir...
World band radio boasts a listening audience of six hundred million people worldwide. This book is the world's #1 selling shortwave publication, zeroing in on news, sports, and entertainment, from Afghanistan to Zambia, and including award-winning ratings of world band radios and "how-to" articles by experts. 100 photos, 50 in color.
Explains how to tune in news and entertainment from countries around the world, rates various world band radios, and provides a detailed broadcasting schedule.
The fastest-growing field in broadcasting entertainment is world band radio, with more than 150 countries participating in it. This book includes easy-access schedules that tell what is on when, plus ratings of world band radios and a chapter for the neophyte.
This #1 selling compendium makes it easy for the millions of Americans who participate in world-band radio to tune in news, sports, and entertainment from Arabia to Zimbabwe. Richly illustrated with strong graphics and pull quotes to capture the browser's interest, Passport tells what's on when hour-by-hour, country-by-country, and channel-by-channel.
A guide to what's on, how to listen and what to buy
The world's #1 selling short-wave publication. Since 1987, this annual title has pulled in tens of thousands of readers.