Political broadcasts are by no means the only thing available to the shortwave listener, however. Practically all of these stations are government owned, and while some of the programs put on the air are neutral (such as those from the Swiss Broadcasting Company), most will propagandize or promote the official government position on matters of national or international import. The Orient is represented by such powerful outlets as Radio Japan and Radio Peking, and to the south of these two is Radio Australia, which serves all of the South Pacific and can be picked up in North America. This country's Voice of America, and the Soviet Union's Radio Moscow operate the two largest such stations in the world, but virtually, all European and Middle Eastern governments maintain similar international broadcasting stations.
Listeners in North America fortunately have plenty to listen to-government‐operated “voices” from over 50 different nations regularly transmit English ‐ language broadcasts intended for this continent. Shortwave listening is a leisure time activity engaged in by thousands of people in every part of the globe-some of whom are satisfied to merely listen regularly for broadcasts from “easy‐tohear” countries with powerful transmitters, while others (often called DXers) prefer to spend most of the time trying to tune in on low‐powered stations from distant, rarelyheard countries.
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