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China Radio International messes with TexasPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, January 8, 2010 11:03 AM
 Galveston, Texas Galveston is a city of about 50,000 people on an island on the Texas Gulf coast. An unlikely place for a Chinese soft power push? From The Houston Chronicle
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I've spent a fair amount of time in Galveston (one side of my family actually emigrated to the US via the Port of Galveston), and as test markets go, it's highly representative of Americans who live in Galveston. That is - people in the oil, shrimping, and shipping industries (thus, quite a few Chinese). Not sure what you can learn about American audiences from broadcasting in such a place, but what do I know? Anyway, no post about Galveston would be complete with quoting the best lyrics from "Galveston" by Jimmy Webb:
Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston.
Here those immortal words performed by the equally immortal Glen Campbell, here.
AM radio still exists?
oh, good old Galveston. a lovely place to visit, nice waves there for sure!