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[Swprograms] BBC to end shortwave in Arabic; other news from the World Service
- Subject: [Swprograms] BBC to end shortwave in Arabic; other news from the World Service
- From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:59:51 -0400
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Budget cuts announced in October 12 are now kicking in...
Shortwave utilization will now run 6-8 hours / day max, primarily in
the mornings and evenings...
The BBC figures it will lose 1.5 million listeners (per week? PR
piece doesn't say) as a consequence of the reduction of SW.
Also, a new English language program, "The Newsroom", replaces World
Briefing; "The Strand" will disappear as a separate program and will
be folded into "Outlook". On Fridays "Outlook" will be replaced with
"The Fifth Floor", a sampling of content from across the 27 BBCWS
language services.
Details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/ws-new-schedule.html
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA
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