Re: [Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 5-118; WOR Extra 58/1281

["Sandy Finlayson" <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

Promoting FM is fine, but I wonder how much more penetration BBCWS can expect on FM Radio in the US?  There may be some NPR stations that will pick up more of their output but I doubt it will ever equal the number of hours that used to be broadcast on shortwave.  

Sandy

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Subject: Re: [Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 5-118; WOR Extra 58/1281


The stats on shortwave audibility are interesting -- across the board,
in all regions, shortwave audibility was below the goals set by the
World Service; the Americas audibility was particularly low.

There is keen interest in continuing to promote the use of FM,
according to the report.

The interest in developing Arabic offerings was informally cited as a
motivation for the scaleback in shortwave transmissions to the
Americas this past spring.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

On 7/20/05, Sandy Finlayson <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The comments in Glen's latest Digest on the BBC Charter are interesting.
> 
> It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that BBCWS is dieing by inches and will soon be gone.  I know times change but it saddens me that BBCWS will probably be gone completely from shortwave soon. I bought my first short wave radio almost 30 years ago because I wanted to listen to BBC.
>

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