The World Service and domestic operations were in the process of consolidating their physical locations; already much of what the World Service "spends" is simply to reimburse the domestic operation for programming and services.
So, one expense that should be avoidable is the cost to maintain the intra-BBC accounting. Those of us interested in preserving the World Service should monitor the activities of the BBC Trust, as that now becomes the entity responsible for WS oversight. In the "Newshour" segment I mentioned, Sir John Tusa stated his opinion that the World Service has built up substantial goodwill amongst Brits and he believed that goodwill would help keep an organizational focus on the World Service. I would think that "Over to You" and "World Have Your Say" would be interesting programs to monitor over the next few weeks as this continues to play out. Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Sandy Finlayson <sfinlay...@wts.edu> wrote: > What remains to be seen is how much of the BBC World Service will be left > after the dust settles. It's hard to imagine that the BBC is going to want > to spend a lot of money on the World Service. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.