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A compelling account of the author's experiences in radio broadcasting in East and Southeast Asia during half a century. Beginning in Laos in 1969 it covers many events of global significance - the communist gains in southeast Asia, the People Power revolution in the Philippines - and the relief and recovery operation in Indonesia following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004-5. The 1990s especially were times of huge change - politically with the collapse of the Soviet Union and with the impact of new technologies, particularly digital and the Internet, that greatly impacted the media scene.

subjects: radio,  broadcasting,  Asia,  international,  Christianity and culture,  Laos,  Philippines,  Indonesia,  Mongolia,  Cambodia,  Vietnam,  Thailand,  China,  FEBC,  Far East Broadcasting Company

People: Frank Gray

Places: Vientiane (Laos : Province),  Manila (Philippines),  Phnom Penh,  Jakarta,  Ulaanbaatar,  Yangon,  Banda Aceh (Indonesia),  La Mirada,  Caversham

Times: 1969-2012