Glenn Hauser (born April 12, 1945 in

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) is an internationally known American DXer and

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host from

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. He produces and presents a weekly 30-minute program, ''World Of Radio'', heard on a number of

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AM and FM stations throughout the

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and worldwide on shortwave. Hauser began his broadcasting career on

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during the late 1970s, providing DX tips on Sunday nights, and his tips also appeared on Radio Nederland's ''DX Juke Box'' program. He wrote for ''

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'' and '' Modern Electronics'', and published ''Review of International Broadcasting''.Harvey, Sheldon,
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''World of Radio''

''World Of Radio'' debuted in 1980 on WUOT-FM in

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, moving to shortwave two years later. The half-hour program consists of Hauser reading news about radio around the world in a characteristic monotone. Although ''World of Radio'' focuses on shortwave news, it covers all aspects of broadcasting. Most items are contributed by listeners to the program or DX publications.

''Mundo Radial''

Hauser also produced ''Mundo Radial'', a

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edition of ''World of Radio'', from January 2002 to November 2007.Mundo Radial
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''Review of International Broadcasting''

Hauser introduced ''Review of International Broadcasting'' in February 1977. The magazine published 154 issues, with columns such as "Listener Insights on Programming," "Radio Equipment Forum," "DX Listening Digest," "The Media Mind" and "Satellite Watch." Contributors included David Newkirk, Loren Cox and Juan Carlos Codina,Berg, Jerome S., "Review of International Broadcasting (1977–1997)", 'Listening on the short waves, 1945 to today'', pg 221–223 and ''RIB'' also featured columns from the BBC, John Norfolk and Alan Roe. It was published monthly during the 1970s and 1980s, later decreasing to quarterly and semiannually before ceasing publication in October 1997. ''RIB''s successor, ''DX Listening Digest'', went online in 1999.

Political and religious views

Hauser is a USAF veteran, a political

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and an agnostic, which occasionally puts him at odds with the fundamentalist-dominated American shortwave scene which carries ''World of Radio'' at no cost to Mr. Hauser.

References

External links

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio

Glenn Hauser's website

World of Radio Podcast via WRN

World of Radio Podcast via iTunes

World of Radio via Google Play Podcasts
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