INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS By

A study examined the diversity of news and cultural programing sources available to the Pacific Islands news media from international broadcasting and from related activities of countries outside the region. Questionnaires dealing with the use of international broadcast programs in the Pacific Islands radio services, how managers view listener interest in news and other countries, translation, and monitoring were developed and sent to all Pacific Islands broadcasting services, as well as those international services indicating that their signal could reach the Pacific Islands. Among the conclusions suggested by the data are that (1) island broadcast services make heavy use of international broadcasting for world news, (2) Radio Australia is the leading international broadcaster in the Pacific, and (3) international broadcasting is clearly an important pa-'t of Island broadcasting. (DF) ****************w****************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. v