FACTS ABOUT THE DX AUDIO SERVICE

     The DX AUDIO SERVICE is a monthly mail-delivered cassette,
produced by radio professionals who donate their time as a service
to the blind and housebound.  For the blind and the housebound, radio
can be a lifeline to news, entertainment and contact with the outside
world.  Each 90-minute cassette is produced in the style of a
broadcast news program about radio, with several friendly hosts,
traveling reporters, phoned-in messages and lively sounds.  It's
purpose is to help you get the most out of your radio, by encouraging
reception of different and distant stations, and providing interesting
background about those stations.

     The DX Audio Service is sponsored by the National Radio Club,
Inc.  The National Radio Club was founded over fifty years ago, in
1933, and is a charter member of the Association of North American
Radio Clubs (ANARC).  The National Radio Club is a nonprofit
organization devoted to AM-band DXing.  (DXing is an old radio term
for tuning in stations beyond your local area).   As you may already
know, AM signals can travel long distances at night.  Under the right
conditions, it is not uncommon to hear stations hundreds or even
thousands of miles away.  And though the AM band isn't as popular as
it used to be, you'll find much more diversity of programming there
than in the pop-music saturated FM band - sports, talk-shows, ethnic
programs, etc.  The DX Audio Service also discusses issues of
importance to the FM, Television, and Shortwave DX hobby, as well as
amateur radio, aircheck collecting and many other radio type topics.

    Like the DX Audio Service, (which began in April 1985), the
National Radio Club is operated solely by volunteers.  Subscriptions
only cover the printing, postage, tapes, and operational costs.  The
DX Audio Service is not a typical "talking book."  It is a polished
"sound magazine."  Much of the recorded material is contributed on
tape from locations around the U.S. and the world.  On several
occasions, material has been fed to the DX Audio Service studios in
Lima via satellite.  The DX Audio Service also has a telephone system
like national talk show hosts use to conduct interviews.   Recently
the DX Audio Service opened a DX Audio Service "ACTION LINE," which
allows members to deliver phone messages and reports right up to the
start of studio production.

    Each quarter, the DX Audio Service also produces a series of
cassettes called "After Dark" which is a four cassette supplement to
the regular service, containing material not normally covered in the
regular DX Audio Service.  This special release contains long
interviews and discussions in unedited form, without interruption.
DX Audio Service members also have access to information and products
available from the National Radio Club Publications Center.

    Each DX Audio Service tape begins with News and Information
presented by DX Audio Service editor, and founder, Fred Vobbe.   Fred
also provides a run down of the latest news as it pertains to the DX
hobby.  Next up is Jerry Starr's "AM SWITCH," where you learn about
license applications for new stations, call-letter changes, and so on.
Phil Wayne provides "MARKET-SCOPE," a guided tour of different radio
markets and profiles of stations.  John Bowker then presents the
"TRAVEL-LOG," where you hear recordings of stations you may never have
heard from where you live.  Wayne Heinen checks in via telephone with
the latest C.P.C. Tests from the Courtesy Program Committee.  C.P.C.
Tests are tests conducted by stations between the hours of midnight
and 6 AM for the purpose of trying to receive the station.   Finally,
producer Fred Vobbe conducts interviews and  discussions, reads
articles, responds to mail and phone messages, and much more.

     Here is how someone can subscribe to the DX Audio Service.  The
standard subscription is $25.00 per year, keep the cassette method.
Cassettes are sent out via 1st class mail, prepaid, on the 24th of
each month.  Cassettes are music grade, C-90 tapes in generic white
cassette shells.

     For additional information on the DX Audio Service, send a
self-addressed, US-stamped envelope to Fred Vobbe or Ken Chatterton
(addresses below).  For a SAMPLE cassette, send $3.00.

  Contact:

     Frederick R. Vobbe                   Ken Chatterton
     DX AUDIO SERVICE           <or>      NATIONAL RADIO CLUB, INC.
     c/o: Great Northern Broadcast        P. O. Box 164
     P. O. Box 5031                       Mannsville, NY 13661-0164
     Lima, OH  45802-5031






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