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The story was also in Paul Donovan's weekly column in The Times, must have been a quiet news week. I haven't listened to the programme, which was not a regular weekly feature, for years, I found it a mess when it first started though they seem to have been doing themed programmes lately. Depends what you mean by foreign affairs of course, a lot of the radio extracts were more human interest. Ms. Goldsmith doesn't appear to have too much knowledge of human rights issues. She wrote an article on her ten favourite foreign radio stations in the mass circulation which included fairly high up China Radio International which she stated "tells you all you need to know about China" or something very similar and equally ludicrous. Perhaps when she was preparing her Zimbabwe show she might have come across the fact that the Chinese Communist Party co-operates in the suppression of access to free media and restriction of freedom of expression there as well as in their own country. Instead of whinging come up with some new ideas, programme don't necessarily last for ever nor should they. Mike --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John Figliozzi spotted this on the > MediaGuardian.co.uk site and thought you should see > it. > > ------- > Note from John Figliozzi: > > I don't think I saw this noted anywhere else... > ------- > > To see this story with its related links on the > MediaGuardian.co.uk site, go to > http://www.mediaguardian.co.uk > > Radio 4 closes ears to foreign affairs pleas > Wednesday May 09 2007 > The Guardian > > > The Radio 4 controller, Mark Damazer, has axed > foreign affairs magazine show A World in Your Ears > after nine years on the network - to the > consternation of the show's originator and its > presenter. > > Rosie Goldsmith, who has presented the programme > which samples English language radio from around the > world for four years, openly questioned the BBC's > commitment to foreign affairs in the light of Mr > Damazer's decision. > > The axing of A World in Your Ears comes just weeks > after BBC Radio Five Live dropped its foreign > affairs slot Euro News also in a bid to make > savings. > > "We all understand about efficiencies but you have > to wonder how great our commitment is to foreign > coverage," Goldsmith told the current issue of BBC > in-house magazine Ariel. "My fear is that the > perspective is becoming too parochial." > > She was joined in criticising the axing of A World > in Your Ears by Radio 4's world programmes editor, > Maria Balinska, who launched the series more than > nine years ago. > > "We've just done a programme on Zimbabwe - radio > that's produced inside, outside and about Zimbabwe, > for instance from South Africa. How would you > compile that range of programmes any other way?," Ms > Balinska said. > > The programme will end on May 27 with a special > episode focusing on the BBC's first African radio > awards. > > Mr Damazer said has dropped the show, which airs on > Saturday afternoons, in order to "refresh the > schedule". > > "We are losing A World in Your Ears from the > schedules. It's done well but we do regularly make > changes to our schedule to vary our output and to > ensure value for money for licence payers," he > added. > > "The staffing implications are still being worked > out. Current affairs remains crucial to Radio 4's > health - as can be witnessed every day of the week. > That won't change." > > He also insisted that his network may commission a > new and less costly programme at 5.30pm on Saturday > afternoons made by Ms Balinska's team. > > · To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone 020 7239 9857. > For all other inquiries please call the main > Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. > > · If you are writing a comment for publication, > please mark clearly "for publication". > > Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > or visit the URL shown above. > > ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of unwanted email come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
