Re: [Swprograms] BBC's DDG, ex WS director, Mark Byford, to be made redundant

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Royall
How fitting. > -Original Message- > From: swprograms-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:swprograms-boun...@hard-core- > dx.com] On Behalf Of Mike Barraclough > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 16:32 > To: swprograms@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [Swprograms] BBC's DDG, ex WS director, Mark Byfor

[Swprograms] BBC's DDG, ex WS director, Mark Byford, to be made redundant

2010-10-11 Thread Mike Barraclough
The BBC is expected to announce tomorrow that Deputy Director General Mark Byford, BBC World Service director when the North American shortwave service closed, is to be made redundant according to their own news website. Their website links to the right wing anti-BBC Daily Mail who go into more

[Swprograms] Radio For Peace International 10 minute video

2010-10-11 Thread Mike Barraclough
Uploaded to Vimeo by Jonathan Marks: If you tuned a shortwave radio a decade ago, one of the more exotic catches in Europe was Radio For Peace International. So when I had a chance to go out to a meeting at the University of Peace in Costa Rica, I persuaded the colleagues travelling with me tha