Re: [Swprograms] More BBC News - BBC is Iraq's biggest broadcaster

[Ricky Leong <rleong@xxxxxxx>]

> BBC World Service attributed the global audience decline to a significant drop in short wave radio listening year-on-year, which has been partly offset by a rise in FM audiences. 
>
> "Short wave listening is in long-term decline as audiences demand better audibility," BBC World Service's Acting Director Nigel Chapman said. 
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> "It is sometimes difficult to find suitable FM partners in some countries or to overcome regulatory obstacles, like bans on international news broadcasting on local FMs," he added.



They omitted that they are deliberately making it difficult to hear BBC programs 
on SW. (Not shocking news, just slightly irritating.)
Ricky Leong
Montreal

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