Re: [Swprograms] BBC World Service 75th Anniversary: "Memoryshare"project

["Sandy Finlayson" <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

The BBC should be celebrating the 75th Anniversary.  There is much to
give thanks for in their long and illustrious history.  

I know I'm no longer in their target demographic, but I do wish that
they hadn't taken some of the directions they did in the last ten years.
The loss of the entertainment mix on WS was a mistake in my view and
there is no need for us to revisit here the abandonment of short wave!

Sandy  

 
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Mr. Sandy Finlayson
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
'Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library'
Sir Winston Churchill
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[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 1:03 PM
To: Shortwave programming discussion; Discussion list for the Winter SWL
Fest
Subject: [Swprograms] BBC World Service 75th Anniversary:
"Memoryshare"project

I know many folks hear love trashing the BBC World Service nowadays,
but you have to admit the BBC has cast a very long shadow over
international broadcasting and shortwave radio over the past 75 years.

The BBC is gearing up in several different ways for this 75th
anniversary; in this space I've mentioned my participation in a
discussion forum hosted by the WS development team.

As part of the celebration there is a World Service initiative called
"Free To Speak", and World Service involvement in a project called
"BBC Memoryshare" that allows registered users (doesn't
cost...primarily for avoiding bogus entries) to create / post / view
dated memories regarding the World Service.

Some of these memories have been posted by World Service staff; others
have been posted by fellow World Service enthusiasts.

General participation is invited -- Check it out at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/memoryshare/worldservice/ArticleSearch?contentt
ype=-1&phrase=_memory&show=10&phrase=_client-worldservice
or http://snipurl.com/1tskx

-- 
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com
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