05/29/2006   English German
  Edition # 61  
San Francisco, 05-29-2006

Bushlines

Michael Many households in Alaska which are somewhat remote, still do not have a telephone. To deliver messages to these people, there are the so-called "Bushlines," lines of text that the radio host of a local AM station broadcasts into the "bush" (the wilderness) a few times a day, each time on the hour.

So that personal messages and passionate declarations of love can be sent through the airwaves without the whole world knowing, many recipients use code names. It is reportedly a popular pastime to listen to the Bushlines and guess who is flirting with whom. Exclusively in the newsletter, we present to you a current Radio recording of the Bushlines. As you can see, some people use the service probably for nostalgic reasons -- if someone gives out an internet URL, it's quite obvious that the recipient also has a phone, right?

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