James Loving - National Radio Text Service - Saturday May 19, 2007

Though slandered by Cambodia's English language press Dr. Beat Richner REAL STORY bolted to # 1 as National Radio's TOP STORY - Music is his business as musician Thailand's LAM MORRISON climber to # 2 - Former Cambodian national team star HOK SUCHETRA took two top 10 spots # 4 & # 10 - RACISM ranked # 9 In the rankings - Former NBA star DENNIS RODMAN rides again on the bubble of the top 10 by taking the 11th position

NR TOP 10 according to YAHOO

Of the 638 National Radio stories listed on Yahoo Dr. Beat Richner rocketed to the top spot for the first time since the story was published in 2002. Though the story is five years old there seems to be a recent interest in the doctor as he reached the number three position in our NR all-time ranking published this past March.

"He gave his life for this," said a tourist from America when he visited Siem Reap to attend a fund raising concert performed by Richner.

What he was referring to was the two hospitals (now three) that Richner built to provide FREE health care for Cambodia children.

Richner who hails from Switzerland has been slandered by the Cambodian English language press over the years for something he didn't do. They wrote stories that noted that Richner denied treatment to adults during the civil conflict n 1997.

When the 10th anniversary came around this year they did it again without doing their research over that time and ASK HIM DIRECTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

In response Richer had to take out a two page ad to defend himself and note that he didn't deny anyone treatment as he wasn't on the premises at the time. Though the doctor from Switzerland has been denied the respect that he deserves the WORLD VOTED (sorry Ryan Seacrest) and the REAL RICHNER STORY rocketed to the number one position in our National Radio rankings.

Another philanthropic story made the list about Japanese philanthropist Toshu Fukami's contributions to Cambodia. The man also believes in health care having donated huge sums of money to the Sihanouk hospital in Phnom Penh. He also has contributed to a library named after him at the University of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

It is Fukami's belief that education in the key to overcome poverty. By his own example he is doing something about that.

Thailand musician LAM MORRISON also has been receiving a lot of interest in recent months as his story that we began research in the early 1990's reached the number two position this month and jumped into the number six on out all-time charts in out last edition.

The topic of RACISM has been of interest by our readers. This is an old story that keeps coming around since there continues to be people that continue to practice it. The story the readers continue to find interest in was written 10 years ago.

It's about a radio sports talk host having someone fake a call to the talk show host and their topic was slandering the then owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team Rupert Murdoch as well as deriding Hideo Nomo the first Japanese player in the major leagues and maligning the Japanese press.

Yes racism isn't about black and white it's about ignorance and some individual's insecurity.

You can see it in all forms of society and media. A case in point is an English language magazine in Cambodia that is owned by a British person published a column in his January issue urging foreigner owned bars to deny entrance to black people while noting how lucky they were to be living in a non-equality country.. At that time he had five bars that were in line with his thinking.

The most glaring problem is that the publication is largely about promoting prostitution, drugs and alcohol. Yes… you can't get that on you PDA but you can get it in this publication as well as racism.

That is the dilemma that Cambodia is facing with racist foreigners infiltrating the country these past few years with their primary business being buying a bar and hiring prostitutes. With that kind of influence it certainly puts Cambodia's future for a healthy development and recovery in danger. Fortunately there is a Dr Beat Richner and a Toshu Fukami around to help influence and do things for Cambodia in a positive way.

The brighter side of the NR listings are stories regarding Hok Suchetra taking tow positions in the ranking at # 4 and # 10. Suchetra arguably is the greatest player in Cambodian football history. He started late in his life at 20-years-old but had the natural talent to register 42 goals in only 64 International competitions against players that started playing the game when they were in their early teens.

As his then coach Joachim Fickert said of Suchetra, ""He's a great talent. "Unfortunately he started a little bit late in football. If Jet (Sochetra) had played for 10 years he would be one of the world stars in football."

Due to the problem of not being paid enough money from playing for the national side Suchetra took a job in the real world to help feed his family at the young age of 25.

The Top 3 most visited sections are:

1. Soccer/football

2. Featuers Sub Page.

3. Thailand Sub Page

PLEASE NOTE

The information on Google regarding our National Radio site is corrupted and misdirected. Some information is directed to sites that are not in English. Obviously this is an error on Google's part. On our National Radio listings on Google they have been advising readers to visit an Israel National Radio.

We are published in five languages, English, Thai, French, Russian and Khmer (Cambodian language). Any of our foreign languange material is legally available ONLY on our National Radio site.

FYI (for your information) in January of the year Google was ranked # 1 and Yahoo # 2 by a firm that does research on Internet traffic. It is our experience that Google is not accounting for our information properly. If they link to the wrong sites the question is how can their information be correct?

We have not had the direct to another site problem with Yahoo. Their information on our National Radio is correct and dates back to when we launched in 1997. Yahoo lists over 638 of our stories.

 

1.	NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10
	FEATURE - DrBeat Richner - FREE HEALTH CARE FOR CAMBODIAN CHILDREN -- "He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is, Dr Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The this... the tourist was referring to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia where Dr. Beat was about to perform. Previous - FEATURE - Jim Murray (1919-1998) - Jim Murray Pulitzer Prize columnist and cofounder of Sports Illustrated Magazine - My recollection of my first encounter with Murray was in the Rose Bowl press box, early on in my sports journalism career when he graciously shared his thoughts on writing. Here was an legend in his own time taking time to share his thoughts with someone who was new in the business and trying to figure out what was going on.
2.	FEATURE - Lam Morrison Thailand's Greatest Musician -- After a ten-year search we finally caught up to Thailand's rock n roll guitar legend Lam Morrison. It was a difficult task. With his having no record company, management or booking agent contacts, finding the mysterious musician was like finding a needle in a haystack. Previous - CAMBODIA'S ROYAL PALACE - - A pleasant way to spend a day in Phnom Penh in a concentrated area is a visit to the Royal Palace. The National Museum, Independence Monument, restaurants and the river walk are within a few blocks of the palace grounds.
3.	Travel Feature - CAMBODIA'S ROYAL PALACE - - A pleasant way to spend a day in Phnom Penh in a concentrated area is a visit to the Royal Palace. The National Museum, Independence Monument, restaurants and the river walk are within a few blocks of the palace grounds. Previous - FEATURE - DrBeat Richner - FREE HEALTH CARE FOR CAMBODIAN CHILDREN -- "He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is, Dr Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The this... the tourist was referring to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia where Dr. Beat was about to perform.
4.	FEATURE - CAMBODIA'S HOK SOCHETRA - HOK_BALL -- In a world where football players are receiving multi million dollar contracts to play the beautiful game there are some players that continue to play for the LOVE of the sport. Former Cambodian national team player Hok 'Jet' Sochetra falls into the LOVE category. Previous - Travel Tips Cambodia - Thailand September 2002 - WOW!!! Strange why there would be an interest in our first investigative look at Khao San Road in 2002. At that time we had visited and lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 14 years but this area was one that was not on our interest list. When we made the trip it was dissapointing. ALSO -- BERNARD TRINK - "The Nite Owl": WILLIAM TELL'S THILO KRUEGER's Cambodian Music Connection: BB World's Director Chy Sila above, Dan Meat's Lanzi, below. GUESTHOUSE ASSAULT: GUESTHOUSE DIVERSION TACTICS:
5.	Football/Soccer/World Cup 2002 - Asian Soccer Command Respect. Asian football is gaining stature on the world stage and respect is in order due to the success of Korea, Japan and China. Previous - Business August 2006 - Disney Radio - Radio Disney, Award Winning Music Network, Now Streaming to Mobile Phones for Kids, Tweens and Families
6.	Sports Notes - Lakers Die-Nasty - Kobe Bryant & Lakers Out Of Playoffs - Cambodia National Football League Begins After Two Year Absence - Cambodian Rugby - snApril05.shtml Previous - FEATURE - Lam Morrison Thailand's Greatest Musician -- After a ten-year search we finally caught up to Thailand's rock n roll guitar legend Lam Morrison. It was a difficult task. With his having no record company, management or booking agent contacts, finding the mysterious musician was like finding a needle in a haystack. PREVIOUS Previous - Travel Tips Cambodia - Thailand April, 2006 - BEWARE of Thailand - Cambodia University Serves Food For The Mind - Cambodia's Funny Money - ATM Machines Now in Cambodia - Thailand's Jewelry Scams - Getting Around Bangkok - Angkor Wat - Beware of Bangkok & Phuket THAILAND Tailors - Dr. Beat In Siem Reap, Cambodia - NR Top 10
7.	FEATURE - TOSHU FUKAMI DELIVERS - Japanese Philanthropist Toshu Fukami gave a speech for the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) to deliver a speech on "Management For Success" in Phnom Penh January 6, 2003. Members of the Royal family, government officials, scholars, media, lecturers and students were in attendance. Previous - FEATURE - CAMBODIA'S HOK SOCHETRA - HOK_BALL -- In a world where football players are receiving multi million dollar contracts to play the beautiful game there are some players that continue to play for the LOVE of the sport. Former Cambodian national team player Hok 'Jet' Sochetra falls into the LOVE category.
8.	Travel Tips Cambodia - Thailand September 2002 - WOW!!! Strange why there would be an interest in our first investigative look at Khao San Road in 2002. At that time we had visited and lived in Bangkok, Thailand for 14 years but this area was one that was not on our interest list. When we made the trip it was dissapointing. ALSO -- BERNARD TRINK - "The Nite Owl": WILLIAM TELL'S THILO KRUEGER's Cambodian Music Connection: BB World's Director Chy Sila above, Dan Meat's Lanzi, below. GUESTHOUSE ASSAULT: GUESTHOUSE DIVERSION TACTICS: Previous - Sports Notes - March 2004 -- NCAA Basketball Tournament - Coach John Wooden The Wizard of Westwood - Peter Withe signs with Indonesia - FIFA TOP 10 & Top Movers - Cambodia Lose Out As Tiger Cup Hosts
9.	FEATURE - RACIST RADIO - If that wasn't enough, the caller continued his ethnic attack by saying Murdoch was upset that so many of the Japanese press were issued credentials to cover the Dodgers (primarily to cover Nomo) denying other non-Japanese press, credentials. Previous - Sports Notes - December 2004 - Brazil FIFA's Top Team Of Year - Brazil's Ronaldinho FIFA's # 1 World Player - FIFA TOP 10 - Withe's Indonesia Tops In Tiger Cup & Move On To Semifinal - Thailand Fails To Survive 1st Round 1st Time In Tiger Cup History... Thai Coach Held Called On Carpet & Held... - Cambodia Winless In Tiger Cup Top Scorer Sochetra Left Off Squad
10.	SPORTS NOTES FEATURE - HOK RETURNS - Cambodia' star striker Hok "Jet" Sochetra has returned to the squad. The 28-year-old has been working out with the team after a nine-month absence. As a guest on "Love FM" radio in Phnom Penh, Suchetra said, " I ... Previous - Sports Notes - - EXTRA - November 2005 -- Cambodian Premiere League Champions Khemara Hand Germans Second Loss on Cambodian Soil - FIFA Top 10
*****	# 11 - DENNIS RODMAN ON THE BUBBLE - Interest in the former NBA star continues as RODMAN rides again on the bubble of the top 10 by taking the 11th position # 20 - PIRACY RANKED # 20 Previous - Biz_Who_Is_Warren Buffett - The world's second richest man behind Microsoft's Bill Gates ranked #11 on the NR all-time list.

NR TOP 10 for May 2006 according to Google

1. JIM MURRAY - 2. Kobe Bryant & NBA Trivia - 3. Zico Leads Japan To World Cup. Who is Zico? - 4. Cambodia's Royal Palace - 5. Teerathep Leads Thailand to SEA Games Title - Singapore' Coach Movia - 6. Thailand Impressive against Premiere Club Sides and Real Madrid - 7. Fox Searchlight Pictures Promotes Zola Mashariki to Vice President of Production - 8. Jerome Bettis of Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers - Kobe Bryant - 9. Cambodia's ANGKOR WAT TEMPLES - 10. Grammy Music Awards Show

Full Story NR Top 20 for May * Note - New entries in RED

APRIL NR TOP 20 According to GOOGLE

NR's PREVIOUS TOP 10 - January through March 2006

According to Google National Radio's Top 10 stories are: (1) Jim Murray, (2) Royal Palace (3) NBA Trivia, (4) Michael Jordan (5) Jerry West Builds Memphis (6) Freshie Boys & Girls Contest (7) OOPS FAT Did It Again (8) ASEAN Games (9) Cambodian Football (10) Angkor Wat

Past Most Mentioned: (1) Walter Payton, (2) Marshall Faulk (3) Barry Bonds (4) Digital Divide Data.

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