Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #509878 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

Synopsis
World band radio explodes with hundreds of programmes you cannot find elsewhere. From the matchless reporting of the BBC to the musical heights of the Andes, it is a broadcast menu that is one part "Newsweek", another National Geographic. Every station stands out. Comedy from England. Science from Russia. Waltzes from Austria. It is the depth and variety that is missing from ordinary radio and TV. "Passport to World Band Radio" covers it all. What's on. What to buy. How to get started. "Passport" is the world's best-selling short-wave guide, trusted by over a million readers since 1985.

Customer Reviews

Stuck for something to listen to....
Excellent book, giving details of a large number of radio stations world wide, and their broadcast times. Loads of fascinating information. Slightly disappointed with the reviews of the receiving equipment. I felt there were lots of other equipment that deserved a mention.

Tune in, turn on, drop out
Short wave listening is something of a backwater in these days of Internet and Satellite radio, although it encompasses news and views from around the world, all available on a cheap pocket radio ( or a $4000 dollar table-top). Passport to World Band Radio comprises a news feature section, getting started guides to radios, radio reviews, station times, countries and frequencies, and the famous Blue Pages, a 'predictive' guide by frequency. If you love radio and are just starting out then the 'Passport' is an easy going guide to what's on and where from, and the radio reviews in the front section are extremly useful. There's no equipment snobbishness either - the tiny £25.00 Eton 300PE comes enthusiastically recommended ( with provisos) as does a four grand table-top radio. Armed with the passport and your watch set to World Time you can find everything from National radio stations to some of the more clandestine broadcasts from around the world. Less stodgy than its cousin the WRTH, 'Passport to World Band Radio' is great start to world band radio, or a useful refresher course for the once converted. Just add a £25 radio to get going, and be prepared to be shocked that the rest of the world often has a different view of events to the BBC. The radio reviews alone could save you the cost of the book as not all radios are created equal - including those from a very famous Japanese manaufacturer! An excellent introduction to World Radio, with all the info you need to keep you up for weeks.