Re: [Swprograms] RCI`s drastic schedule changes

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems consistent with the change in RCI's mandate.  Since the
goal is to reach current and prospective immigrants, the radio
schedule is rejiggered to reach prospective Arabic-speaking
immigrants, for example, who currently live within earshot of the
North-American targeted SW broadcasts.

Losing the domestic relays is a disappointment, but seems
understandable given how other broadcasters are abandoning shortwave
to reach [English-speaking] Americans.

One wonders why this change wasn't made at the end of October.

Those reading the NASWA Journal when it hits their mailboxes next week
will have to ignore about 1/3 to 1/2 of the Easy Listening column.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


On 11/28/06, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A day late, Nov 28, RCI posted its revamped schedules effective Nov 27. There
> is now a continuous multilingual service on one frequency to USA (really
> duplicating RCI+ on Sirius), and starting at 4 minutes and 45 seconds past each
> hour (here rounded off to 5), 16 hours per day.
>
> Most notable is that ENGLISH HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY REDUCED.
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