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Just a reminder that December 31 is a great time to listen to international/regional shortwave broadcasters. It starts at Midnight in the western Pacific at the dateline, and you can follow each hour west across the continents. Don't forget about the few countries that offset time by 30 minutes. One source might be Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting, another the #swl IRC channel. If you don't have a radio/antenna that makes the grade in the 49-120m range, look for audio streams on the 'net (a good source for domains and schedules is the World Radio TV Handbook).
It's a lot of fun. At sunrise on the east coast I've heard the Midnight celebrations in Kiribati, the studio parties on South African broadcasters and much celebrating in Thailand. In the rollover of 1999 to 2000 (actually not the turn of the century, but celebrated as such), I watched the clock and events on KBS TV. Seoul put on quite a show; in my opinion it was much better than the highly touted Paris and New York events.
If you want to give this around the world celebration a try, do your homework ahead of time. See what regional broadcasters you can hear (or find) and make up a crib sheet.
Happy New Year.
It's a lot of fun. At sunrise on the east coast I've heard the Midnight celebrations in Kiribati, the studio parties on South African broadcasters and much celebrating in Thailand. In the rollover of 1999 to 2000 (actually not the turn of the century, but celebrated as such), I watched the clock and events on KBS TV. Seoul put on quite a show; in my opinion it was much better than the highly touted Paris and New York events.
If you want to give this around the world celebration a try, do your homework ahead of time. See what regional broadcasters you can hear (or find) and make up a crib sheet.
Happy New Year.
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