"What is important in the States is what type of listener
we're getting," says Mr. Byford.

ahem. let me point out a simple fact:

the BBC does not even broadcast to north america. kinda forgot that in

Mark Byford's statement actually came AFTER the
BBC had decided to stop direct SW to USA. He made
lots of comments on the fact that they believed FM
rebroadcast of BBC was reaching the right target,
and that was one of them. They even claimed that
their US audience numbers were increasing due to
listeners on FM.

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On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:47:18 GMT, (Bob) wrote:

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:37:45 -0500, "W G (Geoff) White"
wrote:


With BILLIONS of people in the world 150 million
is not a big number, Bob.

uh, dont keep up with shortwave much, do you?

Wrong again, Bob.

I use an RX320 in the house,

apparently you never actually USE these radios...


BBC WS SW and MW listeners were at 115 million
in 2002, DOWN 9 MILLION from 124 million in 2001.

gee. big deal. that's pretty much what i said. so you start by
agreeing with me...

So, shortwave isn't going to help in the long run.

how many BBC lies in the 'long run'?


As with passenger trains and, blimps, Bob, SW is
in declining in the big picture.


how many lies in the 'big picture'?


the BBC's audience is primarily 3rd world.

They claim their audience is the entire world-- what
they call "opinion formers" and "decision makers"
all over the world. For example:

"What is important in the States is what type of listener
we're getting," says Mr. Byford.

ahem. let me point out a simple fact:

the BBC does not even broadcast to north america. kinda forgot that in
your pompous bloviating, didnt you?



BBC's Indian SW audience has plummetted.
They're moving rapidly to TV, as will the rest of the
3rd world in a few more years.

as i said, you dont listen to shortwave or the BBC much...

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