Re: [Swprograms] What does it mean to be apublic serviceinternational broadcaster?

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interspersing yet again...


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:23:31 -0600, Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your objection comes from the basic fact that the masters of the Beeb have
> decided to go for another audience. Bummer, dude. No question about that.
> Yet, we weren't paying the weight so we have no voice. Paying and having a
> voice still wouldn't guarantee getting your way, either. You see that every
> time you go to the polls in the US or buy stock in a company. All paying
> does is to give you a vote you didn't have before.
> 

Indirectly, we do have a voice.  No, not in the populist sense.  As
part of the listening community, we do at least have a chance to
influence what's said -- because, broadcasters, like small children,
crave attention.  If there's no attention, there's no listeners --
unless you want to be like Radio Pyongyang and not care if nobody
hears you.

This assumes we're part of the (sorry, folks) target demographic.  If
the BBCWS believes we're not part of their target demographic, then
they are entirely correct to abandon shortwave to these parts.

Scott is right in that we have no *direct* voice -- since we are not
taxpayers nor voters in the UK.

I am hopeful of being able -- someday -- to compare the rationales
we're developing here with what the BBCWS uses (or used) as its
rationale after digging through their double-speak.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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