I believe Montsinery will adequately replace Bonaire's coverage.
Mike
--- On Thu, 27/1/11, Richard Cuff wrote:
From: Richard Cuff
Subject: [Swprograms] RNW's Bonaire relay to close in October 2012
To: "ODXA" , "Shortwave programming discussion"
, "Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest"
D
When it rains it pours. The week's "Media Network" newsletter from
Radio Netherlands announces that the Bonaire relay site will close.
RNW will continue to use shortwave; its services to North America
(Dutch, Spanish I think) will be served via leased time from
Montsinery (French Guiana) and Sackv
I think it's going to be tough, because all this has been orchestrated
behind-the-scenes for the past several months. However, we shouldn't
let this pass without as much public indignation as we can raise. It
can potentially help forestall further erosion at the World Service,
if nothing else.
R
This brings back memories of the website and other attempts that were made to
stop the BBCWS Shortwave Cuts to North America and the Pacific back 2001.
http://www.savebbc.org/
It will be interesting to see if this effort is any more successful than that
one was. I wish it well and hope it d
http://www.savews.com/
Mike
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The Foreign Affairs Committee has announced that it will carry out a short
inquiry into the implications for the BBC World Service of the service
closures
and other reductions in World Service activity announced today.The Committee
will take oral evidence from representatives of World Servi
Thanks for heads-up on this, John. i will be sure to leave a comment.
As I mentioned to you once in person, I was Phillip's "musical guest" on
LNL one night during my 1999 tour in Australia. I had discovered the show on
shortwave a couple years before that, and still listen often online tod
