On Mar 19, 4:52*pm, SW4ever wrote:
-
- Here we go again !! BBC copping out on a long history
- of SW service. Well I don't know about you, but I gave
- up on them the last time they cut SW services.
- I don't, nor will I listen to any of their SW Web Satelliete
- or otherwise *broadcasts. If they cant provide SW service
- to millions of their loyal fellow English-speaking people in
- North America (and Carribean) then I'm no longer interested.
- They are being arrogant and inconsiderate, full of stupid
- excuses and all round a total mess.
- Bye Bye BBC, you can chop the whole service
- as far as I am concerned.
-

RHF -wrote-
The BBC World Serice Shortwave Radio Broadcast
to the Caribbean Region to Close on 23 March 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...752f8ff8dd9bde
- - BBC World Service - Global Short Wave Frequencies
- - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sc...es/index.shtml

SW-4-Ever,

REF - BBC WS Shortwave for Caribbean to Close on 23 March
March 17th, 2008 - 13:16 UTC by Andy .
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc...se-on-23-march

Blog Page Text -follows-
The BBCWS website carries the following announcement:

* BBC World Service shortwave transmissions to the Caribbean will
close on March 23rd 2008.

* Many listeners in the Caribbean and around the world no longer
listen via shortwave.

* Instead they are choosing to listen to the radio on other platforms
including FM, satellite and online.

* As a result, the BBC has invested in new FM services to the
Caribbean.

* BBC World Service programmes can now be heard on FM 24 hours a day
in Antigua, Trinidad and Jamaica as well as via partner stations in
almost all of the Caribbean islands.

-source- Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW)
RNW Media Network - http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/
CopyRight © 2008 RNW Media Network - All Rights Reserved.

BROADCAST RADIO REALITY CHECK :
[Internationa Shortwave Radio -versus-
In-Country AM & FM Radio ]

COST - The BBC has better more Cost-Effective means
of Getting-Their-Message-Out in the Caribbean Region
to the Peoples of the Caribbean by using local AM & FM
Radio Stations in their Native Languages using the common
every-day AM/FM Radio that is everywhere : Home +
Office/Work + Car/Truck -versus- the specialized and
more limited and more costly Shortwave Radio/Receiver.

GROWTH - The use of the AM/FM Radio means that the
BBC World Service can Expand their Number of Radio
Listeners because the Number of AM/FM Radios and
AM/FM Listeners (BCLs) is Many-Times-Greater-Than
the number of Shortwave Radios and Shortwave Listeners
(SWLs).

SIGNAL & AUDIO - To the Local Radio Listener the RF
Signal is stronger and Audio Quality of the BBC World
Services Broadcast is Better and Clearer -when-
Compared to the former International Shortwave Radio's
RF Signal 'fading' and Audio Quality 'background noise'.

THE NEXT GENERATION - The BBC World Service
is interested in the Next Generation of Audio Content
Consumers and they are on the Internet and many still
do Listen to AM & FM Radio : The 'older' Shortwave
Radio Listening (SWL) Generation is dying-off and so
too is the need to broadcast to that generation.

GETTING THE MESSAGE-OUT - The BBC World Service's
Job is To-Get-The Message-Out from a Brittish (UK)
Point-of-View to the Next Generation of World Citizens
and Inform them with News and Information from the UK.
This Next Generation is Tomorrow's Local, National and
World Leaders and the BBC World Service what's to
Influence them while they are Young and Open to What
Is Out-There-in-the-Wordl beyond their City, State and
Nation.

TBL - This Change Is About : The Biggest Bang {World
Wide Voice} For The {Limited Broadcasting} Buck.

do i like it 'no' -but- you can not turn your back on reality
-cause- it just might run you over when you do ~ RHF