Glenn Hauser Explained

Birth Date:12 April 1945
Birth Place:Berkeley, California
Show:World of Radio
Show2:Mundo Radial
Country:United States

Glenn Hauser (born April 12, 1945) is an internationally known American DXer[1] [2] and radio host from Enid, Oklahoma. He produces and presents a weekly 30-minute program, World Of Radio,[3] heard on a number of non-commercial AM and FM stations throughout the U.S. and worldwide on shortwave.

Hauser began his broadcasting career on Radio Canada International 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 Popular Electronics and Modern Electronics, and published Review of International Broadcasting.[4]

World of Radio

World Of Radio debuted in 1980 on WUOT-FM in Knoxville, Tennessee, 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.[5]

Mundo Radial

Hauser also produced Mundo Radial, a Spanish edition of World of Radio, from January 2002 to November 2007.[6]

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,[7] 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. RIBs successor, DX Listening Digest, went online in 1999.

Political and religious views

Hauser is a USAF veteran, a political liberal and an agnostic, which occasionally puts him at odds with the fundamentalist-dominated American shortwave scene.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Berg, Jerome S.. Listening on the short waves, 1945 to today. 17 April 2011. October 2008. McFarland. 978-0-7864-3996-6. 222–.
  2. Book: Bennett. Hank. Hardy. David T.. Yoder. Andrew R.. The complete shortwave listener's handbook. registration. 17 April 2011. September 1993. TAB Books. 978-0-8306-4347-9. 203.
  3. Book: American Radio Relay League. ARRL Operating Manual. registration. 17 April 2011. August 1997. American Radio Relay League. 978-0-87259-614-6. 1–13.
  4. Harvey, Sheldon, "Glenn Hauser interview ", CIDX Special Feature #5, Summer 1999
  5. Web site: DX Listening Digest. May 18, 2015. May 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520200853/http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt. live.
  6. Web site: Mundo Radial . January 25, 2011 . December 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101204052738/http://worldofradio.com/espanol.html . live .
  7. Berg, Jerome S., "Review of International Broadcasting (1977–1997)", 'Listening on the short waves, 1945 to today, pg 221–223