See Andy Sennitt's comments below...an interesting question is when one crosses over from being a "regular listener" to a hobbyist?
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Sennitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sep 8, 2007 5:39 AM Subject: RE: [ODXA] When and how do you listen to Radio Netherlands? RNW wants to know To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, you may also hear Andy Clark, the new Head of English, on the air asking shortwave listeners from all parts of the world for feedback on how they listen. Most of the listener mail we get these days is from people who listen via partner stations, WRN, or online. The response from shortwave listeners has dropped off enormously in the past several years. We are still committed to shortwave, but we we need SWL's to confirm that they are still listening to us. There are no changes planned for the upcoming winter period, but in order to justify the huge amount that we spend on analogue shortwave distribution, we have to produce evidence to justify it. >From the feedback we have received so far, it seems that the morning transmission is not very much listened to, nor the additional weekend transmissions. Taking those out of the schedule would save 13 transmitter hours per week, a considerable cost saving. I stress, this is just a personal observation and nothing has been discussed or decided about any changes at this stage. We don't need letters "in support" of shortwave - those are the biggest turn-off for international broadcasters because they're so obviously from hobbyists, not regular listeners. What we need is honesty - if you never listen to RNW, please don't fill in the form and pretend you do. That's one of the reasons we didn't send out a mailing to DX clubs - we're only interested in the behaviour of our regular listeners. Andy Sennitt Radio Netherlands Worldwide -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: 08 September 2007 04:41 To: Andy Sennitt (E-mail) Subject: [ODXA] When and how do you listen to Radio Netherlands? RNW wants to know There's a listener survey on the Radio Netherlands frequency / program schedule for the A-07 season, and they're requesting feedback from North American listeners to help them plan how to best reach us. Check out the survey here: http://www.radionet <http://www.radionetherlands.nl/listeningguide/how_to_listen_namerica> herlands.nl/listeningguide/how_to_listen_namerica -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradi <http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com> o.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
