On the one hand... understandable.  Looking at the other available 
options for this fare, the WS seems to have carved themselves quite a 
nice niche.  Some of that is echoed in BBC America's (TV) recent ads 
promoting their new hour long newscast for the U.S. each night at 7 ET.

On the other hand... would anyone expect them to say anything 
different?  <g>

John Figliozzi

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC World Service 75th 
Anniversary: "Memoryshare"project
To: Shortwave programming discussion <[email protected]>

> Senior managers of the WS continue to state that user feedback
> supports emphasis on news and current affairs...mentioned as recently
> as a couple weeks ago in "Over To You".
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
> 
> On Nov 19, 2007 2:31 PM, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I know I'm no longer in their target demographic, but I do wish 
that
> > they hadn't taken some of the directions they did in the last 
> ten years.
> > The loss of the entertainment mix on WS was a mistake in my view 
and
> > there is no need for us to revisit here the abandonment of short 
> wave!>
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