On AIR had it right. The time when SWL, and AM Broadcast band Dx'ing was a magical time. Hearing stations from across the globe, their perspective in culture, news and world events. I miss all those stations it was really great. Picking stations up by internet just isn't the same as radio. A person could get unbiased news from other sources than the America media. You could learn troop deployments, ships at seas of our Naval forces, weeks ahead of what the mainstream media would tell you. News is too filtered in the United States.
It was the challenge of being able to receive those stations, usually on radios with analog dials, some would drift, some would have heavy QSB, and others had signals of 60 db over S9. Whether it was early morning Radio Australia, late night Radio Nederland, or all day BBC World Service, the challenge to receive those stations made it all worth while. A time much different than today, no cable news, no internet, no cell phones, nothing but radio.