Re: [Swprograms] RN gives in on Spanish; why not English?

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You make a very good point.

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> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] RN gives in on Spanish; why not English?
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> 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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