Sadly, Radio Netherlands has announced the end of shortwave to North America as of the end of October.
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Media-Network List Owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:24 PM Subject: Media Network Newsletter 18 September 2008 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Media Network Newsletter 18 September 2008 This is the weekly newsletter from Media Network at Radio Netherlands. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF MEDIA-NETWORK to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . To temporarily "switch off" your subscription (without unsubscribing), send the command SET MEDIA-NETWORK NOMAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . To re-enable a subscription that has been set to NOMAIL, send the command SET MEDIA-NETWORK MAIL to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . NB: Commands to LISTSERV must be written in the body of the email (not in the subject line). Commands may be written in upper or lower case - they are presented above in upper case for clarity. If you prefer, you can also perform these operations using the online form at http://www.rnw.nl/cgi/index.php?app=mediaNetwork which does not require you to type the commands manually. ALL OTHER MAIL TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] please. Do not hit 'reply' to this message! Hello from Hilversum, This edition of the Newsletter is being mailed a bit later than normal, due to producing an extra-long current affairs story for our website. But we've also published today some important information for listeners in North America: RNW distribution changes in North America Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English broadcasts are available in North America in an increasing variety of different ways. More and more partner stations are taking our programming (a growing number of NPR stations in the US and CBC in Canada) and there are now a variety of satellite options (including Sirius satellite radio). The programmes are also available live, on-demand and via podcast. Radio Netherlands now feels that the number of alternatives for listeners in North America is such that we have decided to end our shortwave broadcasts to the region. This will take effect from the start of our winter season on 26 October 2008. The decision has been backed up by a recent survey which showed a decline in the number of listeners using shortwave in North America. For full details please go to this page on our main website. You may also leave your comments at the bottom of that page. Media Network Weblog Here are the stories we've published since the last Newsletter. Click on any headline to go direct to that item in the Weblog: Friday 12 September 2008 SES Astra creates new broadband company International Network Distribution extends capacity contract with Intelsat BBG workshop highlights sophistication and growth of Web censorship Israel's Supreme Court to rule on nationalist radio station The Peace Channel, a global online TV website, is launched today WRN launches on DAB+ in Malta Saturday 13 September 2008 Sierra Leone to get new TV station, SLBC to take over Radio UNIOSIL Sunday 14 September 2008 New Dutch public broadcaster for Muslims planned Police in Equatorial Guinea attempt to seize opposition party's radio transmitter DW and BBCWS to jointly launch DRM news and current affairs stream Monday 15 September 2008 Nigeria to blacklist dormant broadcast stations Details of Radio St Helena Day 2008 confirmed SE Texas FM stations carrying news talk programming normally on AM Launch of Europarltv, the Web TV of the European Parliament Media Guardian interviews Director of BBC Global News Wednesday 17 September 2008 RFE/RL launches new Belarusian TV news programme Reporters Without Borders website blocked again inside China VOA audience numbers climb in Pakistan Zimbabwe parties agree to unban media outlets Turkey's state TV to broadcast in Kurdish, Persian, Arabic in March These, and all the latest stories, can be found at http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/ RSS site feeds: Complete feed: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/?feed=rss2 Feed for consumers: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/?cat=3&feed=rss2 Feed for media professionals: http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/?cat=2&feed=rss2 The next Newsletter will be on Thursday 25 September 2008. Good listening! Andy Sennitt Media Network Radio Netherlands -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.