West (Finnish) TV was only visible in Tallinn and, maybe, north/west bits of St. Petersburg/Leningrad. Southern Lithuania and Kaliningrad had access to Polish T

West (Finnish) TV was only visible in Tallinn and, maybe, north/west bits of St. Petersburg/Leningrad. Southern Lithuania and Kaliningrad had access to Polish TV, but that wasn't exactly "foreign". That's a pretty small part of population. Foreign radio was somewhat better. But even that was accessible mostly in Baltic States and was worse and worse going east towards biggest population centers. Those who listened were mostly listening to political programmes (Radio Free Europe and Voice of America) at night hiding from their neighbours. The biggest exposure was sailors bringing stuff from West. Plastic bags with West brands were a fashion item. If we count seeing those bags as exposure, then yes, most people would see such bag once in a while.