Listening on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today

Jerome S. Berg

Oct 2008 · McFarland

About this ebook

The discovery and development of shortwave technology during the 1920s and 1930s permitted radio stations worldwide to transmit their programs over long distances for the first time, and the thrill of hearing faraway broadcasts produced a dedicated American audience. Developments in shortwave radio from its inception through the war years were covered in the author's On the Short Waves, 1923-1945: Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of Radio (McFarland, 1999; paperback 2007). This book picks up the story in 1945, with the postwar resumption of organized shortwave listening. The companion volume, Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today (McFarland, 2008), focuses on the world's shortwave stations. All three volumes are richly illustrated and indexed, and feature extensive notes.

Ratings and reviews

Grossly uninformative and not what the Title leads you to believe about its content. Moreover all the illustrations and photos have been removed. The descriptions are dry and lifeless with flat, arid prose. Behold a fossil describing a fossils history . It's uninspired, uninteresting and unreasonably banal. History is naturally engaging and informative. Here Berg sucks the blood out of it and only tells you part of the Dx experience. I pity the reader stumbling on this sleep-aid of a book with a budding interest in the field.

Very informative. If you like shortwave, get this book.

About the author

Jerome S. Berg, an attorney, was the court administrator for the Massachusetts District Court system until his retirement. A shortwave listener for more than half a century, he is a member of the executive council of the North American Shortwave Association and chair of the Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications.