uncle arnie wrote:

running dogg wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sc...es/index.shtml

As you can see, they're still broadcasting to the Americas, albeit only
for a few hours a day. Next year (A06) they'll probably stop all
broadcasts to the Americas on SW altogether, so enjoy it while you can.


They say: " From March 27 2005 there will be adjustments to the BBC World
Service shortwave provisions to reflect global changes in audiences? use of
short wave. "

Wonder where the survey is. Probably wasn't one. Typical.

The BBC has stated for years that it intends to end shortwave broadcasts
to "low priority areas". I don't know how they determine a low priority
area. But they appear to be winding down all broadcasts to the Americas,
so I guess we're a low priority area. As a consolation prize to the
Caribbean listeners they're abandoning, they note that they have FM
outlets in Jamaica and Antigua. FM only goes for about 100 miles before
dying out, although it might go further over water. I suppose that's
good enough to cover Jamaica, which is small, but not the ENTIRE
Caribbean. Also, media freedom in Central and South America is often
tightly controlled, meaning that FM has limited reach, if any. In
addition to that, the nearest FM station to me that plays BBC News is in
San Francisco, on the other side of a mountain range (albeit a low
elevation one). Mountains tend to block FM. FM also does better in
summer than winter. FM has lots of limitations that SW doesn't.


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