Re: [Swprograms] Why nothing for RCI at 2200 UT?
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Re: [Swprograms] Why nothing for RCI at 2200 UT?

One other factor is their transmitter-hour budget.
 
It might very well be that the current number of transmitter-hours targeting North America is all they feel they can muster.
 
At 2200 UT 3 of RCI's Sackville transmitters are targeting the Caribbean and Latin America -- one transmitter-hour each in French, Spanish (2 x 30 minutes) and Portugese (2 x 30 minutes).
 
Brazil is UTC-3, La Paz is UTC-4.  Port-au-Prince is UTC-5.
 
Since most of Latin America is east of North America, it likely makes sense to target Latin America earlier than the USA.
 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: [Swprograms] Why nothing for RCI at 2200 UT?

Richard:
 
Thanks for passing on our comments and for forwarding the response. 
 
I agree that it didn't make a lot of sense to send the same program twice, but rather than cut the earlier transmission, why not broadcast some of the RCI produced programming or other material from the CBC that deserves a wider hearing?  There certainly is enough good quality CBC material that could have filled an additional two hour slot. They could have kept WAS and AIH at 2200 and then broadcast Ideas or something else later in the evening.  I wonder if that was even considered?
 
I fear that this decision could cause a loss of listeners.  I know in our household listening to the World at Six and AIH during the dinner hour worked really well and I'm not at all sure that I will be able to listen to the later broadcast all the time.
 
To end on a positive note, the 2000 to 2300 broadcast on 15180 yesterday had good reception at the beginning of the broadcast but faded a little during Cross Country Checkup, although it was quite listenable.
 
Sandy Finlayson
Philadelphia PA
 
-----Original Message-----
From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:49 AM
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: [Swprograms] Why nothing for RCI at 2200 UT?

Gang:
 
I summarized the comments from the group regarding the loss of the 2200/2300 UT RCI transmission to the US to Bill Westenhaver in RCI Audience Relations.
 
See Bill's response below.  It makes sense if your strategy is to cover the entire USA at a more optimal listening time with a single transmission.  That, more than anything else, appears to be the thinking behind the process.  Note that the time references below are local USA times -- not UT.
 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
 
USA
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: RCI RCI
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Swprograms] More on RCI

Hi Richard,
 
I passed your question along to Steve Lemay, who's in charge of the nuts and bolts of our scheduling.  Here's what he had to say:
 
The thinking, in a nutshell, is this: we were broadcasting the same programming dutring the summer schedule at 1800 and 2000 ET in order to transition to the 2000 ET timeslot starting this winter.
 
What we noticed was that broadcasting at 1800 ET excluded a large part of the US from this coverage. After all, we are talking 1500 PT, 1600 MT and 1700 CT.
 
Rather than spread our minimal ressources on an 1800 ET transmission, we decided to concentrate on a time and a coverage plan that provided a broad service to the largest area possible.
73 & have a good weekend,
 
Bill Westenhaver
RCI Audience Relations
 


>>> "Richard Cuff" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2004/10/29 14:15:59 >>>
Bill:

This aspect of the new schedule has generated the most traffic in the
swprograms e-group -- what's the thinking behind dropping the 6 PM local
time (2100 or 2200 UTC) broadcast targeting the USA?

Richard Cuff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Finlayson" <SFinlayson@xxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: [Swprograms] More on RCI




I wonder why they decided to drop the 2200 short wave broadcast.  It has
been a regular feature of the lineup for as long as I can remember.

I sure hope the 15180 frequency for the 2000 broadcast works better than the
one they are currently using.

Sandy

-----Original Message-----
From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ricky Leong
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:45 PM
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Cc: Glenn Hauser
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] More on RCI


Sandy Finlayson wrote:

> Presumably the 0100 - 0300 transmission will include the World at Six and
AIH?

Yes. Here's the full list of RCI English transmissions worldwide, as
supplied by
the anemic-looking RCI schedules I just received in the mail.

== Americas ==

0100-0300 (6190, 9755, 9780)
(Tu-Sa) World at Six/As It Happens
(Su) World This Weekend/Madly Off/Global Village
(Mo) World This Weekend/Mailbag/Writers & Co.

1300-1600 (9515, 13655, 17820)
(Mo-Th) The Current (pt. 2)/Sounds Like Canada/Out Front
(Fr) The Current (pt. 2)/Sounds Like Canada/C'est la vie

1400-1700 (9519, 13655, 17820)
(Sa) The House/Vinyl Café/Quirks & Quarks
(Su) The Sunday Edition

2000-2300 (15180)
(Mo-Fr) Roundup/World at Six/As It Happens (pt. 1)
(Sa) DNTO
(Su) Tapestry/Cross Country Checkup

2200-2330 (9800 DRM)
(Mo-Fr) World at Six/As It Happens (pt. 1)
(Sa) Vinyl Café
(Su) Writers & Co.

== Europe ==

1300-1330 (9815 DRM)
(Mo) Spotlight
(Tu) Media Zone
(We) Mailbag
(Th) Spotlight
(Fr) Business Sense
(Sa) Sci-Tech File
(Su) Business Sense

2100-2200 (5850, 9770)
(Mo) Canada Today/Media Zone
(Tu) Canada Today/Mailbag
(We) Canada Today/Spotlight
(Th) Canada Today/Business Sense
(Fr) Canada Today/Sci-Tech File
(Sa) Business Sense/Sci-Tech File
(Su) Mailbag/Spotlight

== Asia ==

0000-0100 (9880)
(Mo) Tapestry
(Tu-Sa) World at Six/As It Happens (pt. 1)
(Su) Vinyl Café

1200-1300 (9670, 11730)
(Mo) Writers & Co.
(Tu) Nighttime Review
(We) Global Village
(Th-Sa) Nighttime Review
(Su) Quirks & Quarks

1300-1330 (9670, 11730)
(Mo) Spotlight
(Tu) Media Zone
(We) Mailbag
(Th) Spotlight
(Fr) Business Sense
(Sa) Sci-Tech File
(Su) Business Sense

1500-1600 (5985, 9635, 11730)
(Mo) Canada Today/Media Zone
(Tu) Canada Today/Mailbag
(We) Canada Today/Spotlight
(Th) Canada Today/Business Sense
(Fr) Canada Today/Sci-Tech File
(Sa) Business Sense/Sci-Tech File
(Su) Mailbag/Spotlight

2230-2300 (6160, 7195)
(Mo) Media Zone
(Tu) Mailbag
(We) Spotlight)
(Th) Business Sense
(Fr) Sci-Tech File
(Sa) Media Zone
(Su) Mailbag

== Africa ==

1800-1900 (5850, 7370, 9770, 11875, 15140)
(Mo) Canada Today/Media Zone
(Tu) Canada Today/Mailbag
(We) Canada Today/Spotlight
(Th) Canada Today/Business Sense
(Fr) Canada Today/Sci-Tech File
(Sa) Business Sense/Sci-Tech File
(Su) Mailbag/Spotlight


73s,
Ricky Leong
Montreal
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