[Swprograms] Fwd: [ODXA] When and how do you listen to Radio Netherlands? RNW wants to know

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

See Andy Sennitt's comments below...an interesting question is when
one crosses over from being a "regular listener" to a hobbyist?

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andy Sennitt <andy.sennitt@xxxxxx>
Date: Sep 8, 2007 5:39 AM
Subject: RE: [ODXA] When and how do you listen to Radio Netherlands?
RNW wants to know
To: odxa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Yes, you may also hear Andy Clark, the new Head of English, on the air
asking shortwave listeners from all parts of the world for feedback on how
they listen.

Most of the listener mail we get these days is from people who listen via
partner stations, WRN, or online. The response from shortwave listeners has
dropped off enormously in the past several years.

We are still committed to shortwave, but we we need SWL's to confirm that
they are still listening to us. There are no changes planned for the
upcoming winter period, but in order to justify the huge amount that we
spend on analogue shortwave distribution, we have to produce evidence to
justify it.

>From the feedback we have received so far, it seems that the morning
transmission is not very much listened to, nor the additional weekend
transmissions. Taking those out of the schedule would save 13 transmitter
hours per week, a considerable cost saving.

I stress, this is just a personal observation and nothing has been discussed
or decided about any changes at this stage. We don't need letters "in
support" of shortwave - those are the biggest turn-off for international
broadcasters because they're so obviously from hobbyists, not regular
listeners.

What we need is honesty - if you never listen to RNW, please don't fill in
the form and pretend you do. That's one of the reasons we didn't send out a
mailing to DX clubs - we're only interested in the behaviour of our regular
listeners.

Andy Sennitt
Radio Netherlands Worldwide

-----Original Message-----
From: odxa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:odxa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Richard Cuff
Sent: 08 September 2007 04:41
To: Andy Sennitt (E-mail)
Subject: [ODXA] When and how do you listen to Radio Netherlands? RNW wants
to know


There's a listener survey on the Radio Netherlands frequency / program
schedule for the A-07 season, and they're requesting feedback from
North American listeners to help them plan how to best reach us.

Check out the survey here:
http://www.radionet
<http://www.radionetherlands.nl/listeningguide/how_to_listen_namerica>
herlands.nl/listeningguide/how_to_listen_namerica

--
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA

International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
http://www.intlradi <http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com> o.blogspot.com







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Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
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