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Word: radioization (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1974-1974
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Illegal broadcasting by homemade transmitters has become a persistent and growing youth cult in the Soviet Union. After samizdat (clandestine publishing of dissident writings) and magnitizdat (circulating tapes of unorthodox poetry and music), there is now radioiz-dat-air-it-yourself programs of pop music, teen-age talk, messages to girl friends and even dirty jokes. All of which represents a somewhat refreshing contrast to official state-controlled broadcasting, which is apt to be long on lectures about beet growing and the life of Lenin, but short on entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: The Deejays of Donetsk | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

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