CONTINENT OF MEDIA, SEPTEMBER 1998, by Glenn Hauser exclusively for Radio for Peace International NOTE: Starting with this edition, COM is also available on the web at DXing.com *A modest proposal to reduce SW frequency congestion; contact Edward "Maximo" Lachman, lachmaem@email.uc.edu *GH's comments, not exactly reviews, on recent summer movies: The Avengers, Ever After, Return to Paradise, Mulan, There's Something About Mary, The Mask of Zorro, The Parent Trap *Pee Wee's Playhouse is back, on the Family Channel! *Shawnee, Oklahoma AM station bought by Potawatomi tribe. For more OK news see https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Oklahoma.html *Recording of final sign-off of KTLC, ch 43, OKC, then sold to UPN *Continent of Media, September more-or-less edition *July issue of Brazzil magazine has feature article on how Globo TV came to dominate, plus sidebar articles; look at list on website http://www.brazzil.com *Guest Tip for Rational Living, Harlan Ellison on religion *Spoof ham sites promoting no-SSB, no-RTTY, no-FM, no-SSTV, no-QRP at http://www.qsl.net/kh2d/nossb.html etc *The best AM stereo car radio came with 1987 Toyota Celica *Where to get the only AM stereo walkman, Sony SRF-42 *Recording of TIS station at Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba *Talking Old Navy Store billboard in Chicago *Book review - Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922-1952 by Michelle Himes, Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1997; hardback ISBN 0816626200 *Website with background to Blown Away movie ship explosion - and its influence on Timothy McVeigh. See http://members.theglobe.com/lichfield *Closing theme and despedida; see our website https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio wghauser@hotmail.com ###