This is regarding the latest radio bulletin on audio, and maybe at least one previous one. The bulletin referred to a Spanish newspaper talking about the BBC, but the Heir/Tropical Soulvangelical/TSV disagrees that the BBC necessarily has a struggle for "relevance." In fact, the BBC World Service's reporting being second-to-none as a kind of utility station on shortwave TSV sees as a beacon in the darkness of misinformation and the cesspool of visual and of Tic-Toc-ish social media. Of course even though this is since the start of the war in Ukraine, TSV sees the BBC's problems having to do with -identity- more than with relevance. He sees the BBC trying to be both Reporters Without Borders and Clear Channel Communications. That's kind of like trying to be both inside -and- outside the house. It's one or the other. There's no such thing as a "little bit pregnant." TSV also believes the Spanish newspaper doesn't need to worry about the BBC as having to compete with "Rupert Murdock's empire," whose legal liability among other things, revealed that empire as instrumental in the January 6 riots. Just do regular reporting and tell the truth. Even though TSV still remembers when BBC Newshour tried to tell people in 2014 that nurses getting the ebola virus somehow means the precautions they needed to take not to get the virus were somehow not effective, TSV likes much better what's he's hearing from the BBC now, whether that's at least the bulletin and the first 30 seconds of Newshour, segments from Newsday, or when he gets to get Newsroom to play back for him again. That's the winner right there. No need to get into a race to the bottom with the Murdock Empire, which clearly seems headed for outright bankruptcy. TSV doubts Business Radio will indicate there will be any interested buyers, not even Carl Icahn, or that other activist investor who's name escapes him.

This is regarding the latest radio bulletin on audio, and maybe at least one previous one. The bulletin featured members of online discussion groups lamenting religious stations broadcasting on shortwave from the US to the rest of the world. TSV hears the bulletin say the members actually believe that radio listeners in Europe will somehow think US is just a bunch of religious fanatics. Who -says- these things (?) TSV wonders. After all people in Europe are smart enough to know that, no, Americans are not religious fanatics any more than they're a bunch of gun-toting cowboys. TSV credits the world's citizens for rejecting stereotypes, but the one thing he thinks is problematic is the phrase "secular humanism." He heard the lamenters also say that they believe there needs to be more "secular humanism" on shortwave, but he wonders what's so humanistic about secularism anyway? And by contrast, what's so inhumane about religion or being religious? Not only has he seen secularism contribute to the personal corruption of the 2010s that among other things caused him to lose his job and eventually lead to the pandemic, but TSV makes the point of listening to 1300 AM the gospel station near where we live after he's done hearing a given current bulletin. He always wants to hear the Hail Mary passage 9.30am where the serene lady announcer says, Mother Mary pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. He wants to hear this line at least twice, because he often sees it applying our still personally corrupt and immoral society, and he thinks, please pray that our sinner's society will overcome its sins and instead embrace righteousness and devotionism, amidst the details of said sins he's hearing on newsradio which he -needs- to know about. There's a lot to unpack for TSV in finding more devotional resources specifically on shortwave, but suffice it to say that his impression is that if it weren't for religiousness and religious programming on the radio, all we will have is the cesspool that is the Internet. That's how he thinks "secular humanism" is actually inconsistent with, as that rock song goes, the spirit of radio.