[Swprograms] Re: Why is BBC World Service reducing its short wave provision?

["Mike Barraclough" <mikewb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> 
> Complete and utter b.s. IMHO.
>
Which part?? What evidence do you have to contradict the initial statement

"Short wave listening around the world is declining"

on which the rest of the BBC statement is based?  You only cover the
situation in North America whereas most of the shortwave audience has always
been outside of North America.

My view is that it is true that there is more listening to international
radio on local FM relays, by satellite and via the internet. More and more
people are also accessing broadcasters from outside their native country by
means of satellite television.

The case for retaining shortwave is that it can be heard on a cheap portable
radio and the broadcaster has control of the means of transmission, internet
sites can be blocked and local FM relays can be taken off the air by local
governments usually at the very point, a local crisis,  that their citizens
would need independent news reports.

Mike



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