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

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

But from the figures and projections I am reading
could it not be argued that XM and Sirius are going to
give BBCWS good penetration into the US?

Mike
--- Sandy Finlayson <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Richard Cuff
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:54 AM
> To: Shortwave programming discussion
> 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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