A follow-on press release states that shortwave listenership losses in the past year occurred primarily in Bangladesh (down 7 million), India (down 8.2 million), and Nigeria (down 2.9 million); these areas haven't seen significant shortwave airtime reductions up to this point.
So it would seem the citation I originally noted is based on shortwave listenership reductions in those areas where shortwave had been the primary means of listening. Countries with listenership gains: Tanzania (up 1.4 million) and (surprise!) the USA (up 0.6 million), primarily due to partner station placement on FM and mediumwave. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/24/wsnews.shtml Richard C On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:04 PM, John Figliozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > Others may have already noted this, but there is an element of the > "chicken/egg" dichotomy in the BBC's analysis. So, which is it? Is the BBC > reducing shortwave because listenership on that platform is down? Or is > shortwave listening down because the BBC is (has been) reducing its > shortwave presence? > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
