Re: [Swprograms] Favorite *non-English* music on shortwave?

["Mike Wolfson" <mwolfson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the suggestions.  They give me options to try out.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Favorite *non-English* music on shortwave?


> JB&BP has been a hallmark program for years.
>
> Richard / Allentown, PA
>
> On 12/5/06, Kevin Anderson <k9iua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Yes, "Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes" on Radio Taiwan International
>> is an excellent music program, much better than the Mandopop101
>> program I suggested!  UTC Wednesday in the States at 0230-0255,
>> repeated at 0330-0355, on 5950 khz.  Usually very soothy music,
>> excellent for falling asleep to, which is what I am often trying
>> to do in the latter hour.
>>
>> Kevin Anderson
>> --- Ted Schuerzinger <fedya@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > "Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> graced hard-core-dx.com with
>> > these
>> > words of wisdom:
>> >
>> > > On 12/4/06, Kevin Anderson <k9iua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >> If I can, I try to catch RTI's Mandopop101, which is UTC
>> > Fridays
>> > >> in the States at 0220-0255, repeated at 0320-0355, on 5975
>> > khz.
>> > >>
>> > >> Kevin Anderson
>> > >
>> > > Is that in their (presumably) Mandarin Chinese service?
>> > >
>> > > (I'm being lazy...didn't check to see if that was in their
>> > English
>> > > language block)
>> >
>> > No; that's part of their English programming.
>> >
>> > I don't particularly care for Asian pop music, althought at
>> > least what's
>> > on Mandopop 101 isn't as bad as the stuff KBS World Radio has
>> > on Sundays
>> > on "K-Pop Interactive" -- a bunch of foppish boy-band wannabes
>> > singing
>> > formulaic combinations of synth and rap, or soloists (male and
>> > female)
>> > singing incredibly treacly ballads that might make even "Up
>> > With People"
>> > vomit.
>> >
>> > I prefer "Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes" on Wednesdays from
>> > around 0230 UTC.
>> >
>> > China Radio International's English service has "China Roots"
>> > on Saturdays
>> > at 1100 UTC on 5960 kHz, but that frequency hasn't been coming
>> > in as well
>> > as whatever they were using over the summer.  (Never mind that
>> > it's now
>> > 6AM here in the East!)
>> >
>> > Croatian Radio plays some fun pop music when they come in on
>> > 7285 kHz.  At
>> > least, it's fun for me -- it reminds me of the sort of music
>> > popular in
>> > Russia when I studied there back in 1992.  It sounds like a
>> > bad Communist
>> > interpretation of 1970s-era Western pop, but it's just too
>> > cheesy to
>> > resist.
>> >
>> > Radio Bulgaria plays some similar music in some of their music
>> > segments.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ted <fedya at bestweb dot net>
>> > TV Announcer: It's 11:00.  Do you know where your children
>> > are?
>> > Homer: I told you last night, *no*!
>> > <http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F06.html>
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>> --
>> -------------------------------------
>> Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
>> k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
>> http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/
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