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RADIO MOSCOW DISCUSSES RADIO LISTENING IN THE SOVIET UNION
Transcribed by Kim Andrew Elliott
From "Moscow Mailbag" on Radio Moscow's North American Service,
24 January 1990/
"Here is a question from Robert C. Walker of Wixom, Michigan:
"Radio plays an important part in the lives of citizens here
in the United States. What importance has radio in the lives
of citizens of the Soviet Union?"
"Well, for a long time now radio has been a rather insignificant
source of information for many people here, making way for TV
and of course newspapers, except in some few instances. Early
in the morning, people rely heavily on the radio for news --
but that's before they go out to buy a newspaper -- and weather
broadcasts for the day. Some programs for children are a bit
more popular than others, just as music concerts catering to
listeners' requests still retain a sizeable portion of their
audience.
"Last year, the onset of live [television] broadcasts from the
First Congress of Peoples' Deputies, and the arrival on the
scene of half a dozen of highly successful entertaining
political [television] programs, radio has suffered a setback.
"It managed to recoup some of their listeners by introducing
live space bridges with countries all over the world. But even
there it was not breaking new ground as TV bridges rated highest
in popularity already two years ago.
"Shortwave transmissions of foreign radio stations, another
favorite with the Soviet audiences for a long time, has given
way to interest in the Soviet press, which these days is
surprising its readers with the criticism and the revelations
far more unsparing than the broadcasts of Radio Liberty or the
Voice of America.
"The age of radio may not have ended yet, but it is certainly
not in the front line of the mass media in this country."
--
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Robert Horvitz, Executive Secretary ANARC BBS: 1-913-345-1978
Association of North American Radio Clubs Compuserve: 76210,517
P.O. Box 143, Falls Church, VA 22046-0143 USA uucp: rh@well.sf.ca.us
Transcribed by Kim Andrew Elliott
From "Moscow Mailbag" on Radio Moscow's North American Service,
24 January 1990/
"Here is a question from Robert C. Walker of Wixom, Michigan:
"Radio plays an important part in the lives of citizens here
in the United States. What importance has radio in the lives
of citizens of the Soviet Union?"
"Well, for a long time now radio has been a rather insignificant
source of information for many people here, making way for TV
and of course newspapers, except in some few instances. Early
in the morning, people rely heavily on the radio for news --
but that's before they go out to buy a newspaper -- and weather
broadcasts for the day. Some programs for children are a bit
more popular than others, just as music concerts catering to
listeners' requests still retain a sizeable portion of their
audience.
"Last year, the onset of live [television] broadcasts from the
First Congress of Peoples' Deputies, and the arrival on the
scene of half a dozen of highly successful entertaining
political [television] programs, radio has suffered a setback.
"It managed to recoup some of their listeners by introducing
live space bridges with countries all over the world. But even
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RADIO MOSCOW DISCUSSES RADIO LISTENING IN THE SOVIET UNION
Transcribed by Kim Andrew Elliott
From "Moscow Mailbag" on Radio Moscow's North American Service,
24 January 1990/
"Here is a question from Robert C. Walker of Wixom, Michigan:
"Radio plays an important part in the lives of citizens here
in the United States. What importance has radio in the lives
of citizens of the Soviet Union?"
"Well, for a long time now radio has been a rather insignificant
source of information for many people here, making way for TV
and of course newspapers, except in some few instances. Early
in the morning, people rely heavily on the radio for news --
but that's before they go out to buy a newspaper -- and weather
broadcasts for the day. Some programs for children are a bit
more popular than others, just as music concerts catering to
listeners' requests still retain a sizeable portion of their
audience.
"Last year, the onset of live [television] broadcasts from the
First Congress of Peoples' Deputies, and the arrival on the
scene of half a dozen of highly successful entertaining
political [television] programs, radio has suffered a setback.
"It managed to recoup some of their listeners by introducing
live space bridges with countries all over the world. But even
there it was not breaking new ground as TV bridges rated highest
in popularity already two years ago.
"Shortwave transmissions of foreign radio stations, another
favorite with the Soviet audiences for a long time, has given
way to interest in the Soviet press, which these days is
surprising its readers with the criticism and the revelations
far more unsparing than the broadcasts of Radio Liberty or the
Voice of America.
"The age of radio may not have ended yet, but it is certainly
not in the front line of the mass media in this country."
--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Robert Horvitz, Executive Secretary ANARC BBS: 1-913-345-1978
Association of North American Radio Clubs Compuserve: 76210,517
P.O. Box 143, Falls Church, VA 22046-0143 USA uucp: rh@well.sf.ca.us