I appreciate what Anne tried to say in her letter. However I personally
disagree with 0000-0200 UTC being "good for the entire country," as that is way
to early for the western portions of the U.S. Possibly 0100-0200 in the
summer, as that is 8 to 9 p.m. local time here in the Central time zone,
although 0200-0300 (0300-0400 in the winter) has always been better for my
likes, a time I'm more likely free to listen to the shortwave. This just
points out one of the problems with serving the U.S. by shortwave - with four
time zones for just the 48 states, there is not a single hour that is good for
all of us. So it is not simply asking RNW to reinstate one hour, but in fact
at least two hours, one that is earlier for the east coast and one that later
for the west coast. One of my long-standing problems with RNW's schedule
before they cut English to the U.S. was that their early evening hour was
always too early for me, when I was still busy with other
activities, and their later hour was always too late for me, after I had
already gone to bed. That was the main reason I told them that I had stopped
listening when I answered their survey, not that I had and used "alternatives."
Kevin Anderson
Dubuque, Iowa
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