You make a very good point. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:swprograms-boun...@hard-core- > dx.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Anderson > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 07:23 > To: Shortwave programming discussion > Subject: Re: [Swprograms] RN gives in on Spanish; why not English? > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core- > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. >
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