[Swprograms] Re: BBC WS to further reduce frequencies to the Americas with A-05 schedule

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Kevin:

Sirius is making a change to the BBC schedule it carries when the clocks change at the end of the month.  Up 'til then it will continue to be the all news feed detailed on the BBCWS web site.  After the switch to daylight savings time, the schedule will be the PRI-provided one that includes some (but certainly not all) of the feature programs currently heard on the Americas stream on shortwave and XM.  Although the summer 2005 schedule is not posted as of yet [<www.pri.org>, click on "listeners", then click on "programs", then on "BBC World Service"], you can get an idea of what will be on the Sirius BBC stream by eyeballing the summer 2004 and winter 2005 schedules provided there. I can't speak for "Sportsworld" as it was carried last summer, but not this winter.  We'll have to see if that's a seasonal thing with PRI.  Might not hurt to e-mail PRI about this, though...

John Figliozzi
Halfmoon, NY

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Anderson <k9iua@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 11:22 am
Subject: [Swprograms] Re: BBC WS to further reduce frequencies to the Americas with A-05 schedule

> Richard wrote:
> 
> > Ironic story:  about 10-12 years ago John Figliozzi and 
> > I put out a survey at the SWL Fest (Shame on you, Sandy, 
> > BTW, for missing the Fest...you're so close...) regarding 
> > whether or not listeners would pay to hear their favorite 
> > international broadcaster if funding issues
> > cropped up.  The majority of folks surveyed at the Fest 
> > said yes. What do you know, that's what has happened now, 
> > though indirectly:  We users pay for satellite radio, and 
> > public radio in the USA is funded in part by
> > direct listener contributions.
> 
> I'd be certainly willing to pay for BBCWS, but two issues comes
> to mind that have stopped me so far:
> 
> - If just adding an hour costs some $30,000+ a year, I don't see
> how enough money could be raised from people who would benefit
> from that particular hour(s) added back into the schedule.  But
> then again maybe the effort, however partial in covering the
> costs, would be the message needed more than the raising the
> full  amount.
> 
> - I'd consider adding satellite (Sirius is the one I'd likely
> choose at this point), but that doesn't provide the WorldService
> coverage that I'd desire (Info/Entertainment is what I'd want,
> not 24-hour News)
> 
> In the end, however, I feel hopeless on this one, as we have to
> take what we can get.  They aren't listening to us anymore.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
> k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
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