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grams each day (exceeded only by Radio Moscow) with a total transmitter power in excess o f 20 megawatts, point out that, “Using a properly de signed transmitting antenna and an optimum se lected frequency, a high-power shortwave broad casting transmitter can cover a very wide area that might ordinarily require dozens or perhaps even hundreds of medium wave or VHF transmitters for the same coverage.” 1 Various governments of the world are con vinced of the effectiveness of shortwave broadcast ing in international relations. Multiplied millions of dollars are being spent as this article is writ ten on massive installations in widely removed parts of the world. In one typical installation, the broadcaster is installing no less than ten 250,000-watt transmit ters with numerous antenna arrays. Another gov ernment recently constructed a broadcasting facili ty in the Caribbean, utilizing two massive 300,000- watt transmitters with 22 antennas mounted on free-standing towers and powered by six super sized diesel generators. The purpose of such astronomical investment is in each case similar to that of the Voice of America which is to convey “ facts about United States domestic and foreign policies and informa tion concerning the life, culture, and activities of the American people.”2 More than 90 countries maintain such inter-
107.5 FM STEREO KBBI from Santa Barbara to San Diego THE VOICE OF BIOLA
102.9 FM STEREO KBBW THE SOUND OF INSPIRATION OVER SAN DIEGO
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