The First Social Network: In rural Argentina residents send messages w AM radio

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She understands the messages’ importance from both sides of the broadcast. “My whole life has unfolded on the Mensajero Rural,” López told me. Her mother left a message at the radio station for López’s elder siblings, who were already living in Trelew but still listened to the Mensajero Rural. Some of the most striking stories I’d heard about the Mensajero Rural told of people who had successfully used the radio to reunite with relatives and friends.

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