Local TV news recommendations

on CDN 37 there is a daily show by jos? guti?rrez, monday to friday, starts at 1 pm.
http://www.cdn.com.do/programas/jose-guiterrez/
he is a bit slimy and i always get distracted by his cow licked hairstyle but he speaks very clearly presenting latest news. beware that his show may contain footage of dead people.

la zeta, the most famous radio station in DR has two great shows. in the morning they have el gobierno de la ma?ana from 5 am to 11 am and then el gobierno de la tarde from 3 pm to 7 pm. both are super good and very informative. it's a bit of a challenge to understand some of the conversations, partially due to the fact that some presenters talk over one another, shout and use dominicanisms and partially due to the fact that they refer to dominican history, politics and latest news stories.
you can listen to la zeta online: http://www.z101digital.com/app/pod_cast_on.aspx

la zeta also has news reports and various other shows during the day where they may talk about medical issues, politics, social problems and more.

also, i really suggest local newspapers. not only to build up the vocabulary but mostly to know the details of the event so that when you hear about it on the radio/tv it is easier to understand the words once you know the story.

One would imagine with all those motos driving around delivery could easily be arranged no?

You could also read DR1 news which is published Monday to Friday to keep you up with events in the country. Fill in your email and it gets delivered to your in box.

Matilda

I read 2 or 3 online Dominican papers daily and try to read in Spanish and get the gist. If something is of particular interest I translate with Bing which provides comic relief from the gory or criminal stories do to the poor translation or syntax errors. Fights translated to tiffs is particularly amusing to my demented sense of humor. Of course the summary news on DR1 on my pick list too !

Cdn_Gringo said:

Is newspaper delivery an option here, or do I have to go pick one up everyday?

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read them online:

http://www.elcaribe.com.do/
fairly simple language, they focus most on crime, violence and related news (having thus become my number one newspaper). kinda tabloidish, if i may say.

http://www.diariolibre.com/
one of the most popular newspapers in DR (if not the most). paper version is free and one can arrange daily delivery to businesses but probably not in every town. again, fairly easy, decent style. wide range of subjects.

http://hoy.com.do/
a bit more about politics. fairly easy reading as well.

http://www.listindiario.com/
a bit more high brow, i guess. less likely to use dominicanisms. controlled by the government, as i hear. has quite a lot of general info on medicine, mental health, diets and so on.

important note: read only news. do not attempt opinions section. i have always had a suspicion that those articles are written by pompous narcissists with a twisted sense of self worth. the opinions are wordy, overflowing with obscure details and references, pseudo novel like, tiring, disastrous, monstrous, unbearably pretentious and totally exhaustive literary flops.