Compliments to Radio Sweden hosts

[vin...@ford.com]

Hello,

Just wanted to compliment the hosts of the English Radio Sweden
program. I find your coverage comprehensive and informative. I'm an
American, and never been to Sweden, although I've visited Europe a few
times. I've been interested in Sweden and its people for a while, so I
listen to RS over Internet, and hope to visit the country some day. To
add to my curiosity, I deal with Volvo personnel on regular basis on
the job. Based on my limited experience with Swedish people, I find
them pleasant, knowledgeable, innovative, but somewhat reserved and
conservative in the way they conduct themselves. I'm wondering if this
observation is generally accurate. :)

Thanks.

- Slav Inger.
- vin...@ford.com

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[angi...@my-deja.com]

Hi there!
I listen to radio sweden on CBC Overnight in Vancouver BC. About 6 weeks
ago I heard a comment submitted by email from someone saying that he
thought radio sweden should report Swedish news only not world news as he
gets all the "world news" he needs from American sources. I disagree
because it is important to hear how other countries see events and how
their particular 'take' on these events differs from the reporting we see
at home.
angi

[7772...@my-deja.com]

I'm of the school that RS should report primary on Swedish and closeby
neighoring news. Outside of bus crashes and Rich Steves Travel
programs we don't hear much about Sweden, at least here in the San
Francisco Area.

In article <7qbs48$7vu$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

[7772...@my-deja.com]

How come Radio Sweden has no mailing list of daily programs topics????
I know you know how to do it? George Wood sends out the Media Scan
list twice a month. The info is on the web page, YES, but I have other
things to do besides looking at your Web page (sorry!) I check my e-
mail frequently, but web pages, not that often.

Anyone else agree.

[flyi...@my-deja.com]

Just wanted to say thank you to Nidia Hagstrom for having me on the air
on "In Touch With Stockholm". All our tax questions in regards to
living in Sweden part time were answered with the help of Tommie( tax
office). The program was fun and went very smoothly and was handled
very professionally, and efficiently. Again thanks for an excellent
program. Both my wife and I learned alot, and are learning more every
day listening to Radio Sweden's programs.

Tack sa mycket, Tom E.

[bi...@my-deja.com]

> Just wanted to compliment the hosts of the English Radio Sweden
> program. I find your coverage comprehensive and informative. I'm an
> American, and never been to Sweden, although I've visited Europe a few
> times. I've been interested in Sweden and its people for a while, so
> I listen to RS over Internet, and hope to visit the country some day.

I couldn't agree more. National radio programs are a great application
for the Internet. And Radio Sweden is my recent favorite. I've listened
everyday for these past couple weeks in order to get a taste of life at
the top of the globe. I live in Florida in the good old USA. And Sweden
might as well be a million miles from me.

I love to listen to the weather reports: "a warm 19 degrees
centigrade." Ha! That's a cool, if not cold day here in Florida, where
the average summer temperature is something like 35 degrees...just shy
of average body temperature. It's as awful as it seems. Thankfully,
Florida is no exception to the prosperity of America, and we can afford
plenty of air conditioning.

But it's not listening to Swedish news that has hooked me to Radio
Sweden. I could *read* the news. The music and interviews are what I
like most. American culture has become rather shallow in the past few
decades. Certainly for my entire life it's been hopelessly vapid. I
don't know what Sweden is "really" like, but the mental image I get
from listening to Radio Sweden is that the Swedish people value
meaningful relationships and seek purpose in their actions.

That kind of devotion and depth is not impossible to find here in
America, but it seems to be the exception to the rule. Here, quantity
is more important than quality. I gather that Sweden is balanced more
in the opposite direction. Again, that's just the image I've attained
after listening to your program for a couple of weeks. If it's a true
image, then I congratulate your entire team for capturing the heart and
soul of the Swedish nation for all the world to hear...and perhaps to
learn.

Respectfully Yours,

[angi...@my-deja.com]

Hey there bijaz! Thanks for your comments. There are a few north american
radio alternatives with depth and soul, America's NPR and Canada's CBC
both take the time to really explore a subject and give real information
instead of the usual out-of-context sound bite. Both networks have very
good arts reporting also. The 'commercial radio' we hear seems to be
confined to north america with a much broader variety of programing
available to the rest of the world (and us too if we care to listen)
cheers!
angi4262

[gwo...@my-deja.com]

In article <7qq0nm$ert$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

7772...@my-deja.com wrote:
> How come Radio Sweden has no mailing list of daily programs topics????
> I know you know how to do it? George Wood sends out the Media Scan
> list twice a month. The info is on the web page, YES, but I have
other
> things to do besides looking at your Web page (sorry!) I check my e-
> mail frequently, but web pages, not that often.
>

Hi,

Sorry about the delay in replying, I've been away.

This is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure we have the resources. We
do e-mail a list of topics in the program every weekday to the World
Radio Network, which they apparently pass on to the CBC and other
rebroadcasters (or perhaps just for their own announcements, I'm not
sure). In theory we could make this part of a distribution list just as
I do with the MediaScan list. The first problem is making the list
available to all four of us currently producing/presenting the weekday
programs. That might take some work.

But it could be done, if there is enough interest.

I have to say, the MediaScan list is a bit of a pain, because it is
administered in an ordinary e-mail program (Pegasus) which is not
really suitable for such large lists. Far too many people change their
addresses without removing themselves, and my mailbox gets clogged with
well over a hundred returns every time I send one out. (Part of this
also seems to be spammers who subscribe to the list by spamming the
subscription address. One had the nerve to write a nasty letter
afterwards complaining we were spamming him!)

But all this is can be done, if enough people want such a list!

Take care,

George Wood
Radio Sweden