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Re: [Swprograms] RN gives in on Spanish; why not English?
I appreciate what Anne tried to say in her letter. However I personally disagree with 0000-0200 UTC being "good for the entire country," as that is way to early for the western portions of the U.S. Possibly 0100-0200 in the summer, as that is 8 to 9 p.m. local time here in the Central time zone, although 0200-0300 (0300-0400 in the winter) has always been better for my likes, a time I'm more likely free to listen to the shortwave. This just points out one of the problems with serving the U.S. by shortwave - with four time zones for just the 48 states, there is not a single hour that is good for all of us. So it is not simply asking RNW to reinstate one hour, but in fact at least two hours, one that is earlier for the east coast and one that later for the west coast. One of my long-standing problems with RNW's schedule before they cut English to the U.S. was that their early evening hour was always too early for me, when I was still busy with other
activities, and their later hour was always too late for me, after I had already gone to bed. That was the main reason I told them that I had stopped listening when I answered their survey, not that I had and used "alternatives."
Kevin Anderson
Dubuque, Iowa
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