Re: [Swprograms] FW: World Service Feedback

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hmmm.  I wonder what it cost the BBC to secure that "pole position"...

jaf

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] FW: World Service Feedback

> The logic is sound, but consider this:
> 
> The Firefox browser comes preinstalled with a news headlines icon.
> 
> What's the default source for the news headlines?
> 
> The RSS feed of the BBC News website.
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> 
> On Apr 12, 2005 12:34 PM, jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Amen to all that.
> > 
> > Another factoid to ponder.  If you buy or use a shortwave radio, 
> you will undoubtedly come across and more than likely become a 
> loyal consumer of the BBC.  If you buy or use a computer, the 
> chances of that happening are infinitesimal by comparison.  If you 
> have an AM/FM radio--and even one of the satellite varieties 
> available in the US--those chances are better than with the 
> internet, but less than that of shortwave.
> > 
> > The point?  Access/availability is only half the equation--and 
> maybe not even the most important half.  The BBC carries a special 
> cachet on shortwave, but absolutely none on the internet.  On the 
> latter it is but one of thousands (literally!), if not millions, 
> of information/entertainment sources seeking attention.  And, 
> unless you've had contact with the BBC elsewhere (like shortwave, 
> e.g.), you will assign it no higher status than many if not most 
> of the others.
> >
> 

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