I said a long time ago but was panned for it but when a "Radio" station ceases to broadcast it s no longer is a "Radio" station . It seems to me that in many cases they hang on as a streaming outlet but case in point...Radio Netherlands...has almost nothing to offer anymore. Doc
On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Sandy Finlayson wrote: > Since the loss of shortwave and the advent of the iPad I do all of my BBCWS > listening on the TuneIn radio app, which works very nicely. > > Sandy > -------------------------------------------------------- > Mr. Sandy Finlayson > Director of Library Services & > Professor of Theological Bibliography > Westminster Theological Seminary > Philadelphia, PA > "Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. > A librarian can bring you back the right one." > –Neil Gaiman > > From: Internetradio [mailto:internetradio-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf > Of Joe Buch > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:55 AM > To: Shortwave programming discussion; d...@yahoogroups.com; Internet radio > discussion; na...@yahoogroups.com; o...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Internetradio] [Swprograms] [dxld] BBC World Service to reduce > shortwave transmissions > > The biggest threat I see to BBC World Service is not the additional loss of > shortwave services, but instead is the recent decision to include commercial > breaks in their programs. BBC on shortwave has been absent for a long time > here in the USA. Instead many in the USA get their BBC fix via a local FM > outlet that carries BBC World service on their HD2 channel and translators > that receive the HD2 channel programming and rebroadcast the program material > on old fashioned analog FM. Such is the case here in Palm Beach County > Florida. > > FCC rules will not permit the airing of commercials on stations licensed as > non-commercial stations. I wonder how BBC intends to filter out commercials > from feeds to such stations. Failure to come up with a plan will result in > the loss of many USA listeners to BBC World Service. > > Joe Buch > > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:03 PM, John A. Figliozzi > <jfigl...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > At one time, there was an annual publication put out by the BBC called "The > BBC Handbook". It was an excellent primer on how to organize, operate and > manage a prototype public service media enterprise. Today, the BBC seems > intent on demonstrating how one destroys a former prototype public service > media enterprise across multiple platforms. Is it merely coincidence that > all of this "(un)creative destruction" began to emerge as the BBC's > management became infiltrated by those who formerly worked for commercial > media corporate entities--many of which were abject failures--and who had no > understanding nor respect for the unique governing principles of public > service vs. "let's throw anything out there as long as it makes money" > commercial "values". > > One thinks not. A sad end for a once great institution now shepherded by > small minded, untalented hacks. > > John Figliozzi > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:43 AM, Mike Terry <miketerr...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > > The Guardian > > 19 February 2014 > > > > The BBC World Service will further reduce its shortwave transmissions next > > year as part of a £15m savings drive which staff have been warned will be a > > "real stretch". > > > > The money will be used to invest in new TV and digital services, part of a > > programme called Invest to Innovate. > > > > An extra £6.5m is being pumped into the World Service's budget this year, > > alongside an extra £1.5m of savings, helping to create 130 jobs. New > > initiatives include a global version of Radio 1's Newsbeat. > > > > But the BBC's director of global news, Peter Horrocks, said further savings > > would be required in the future. > > > > Horrocks told staff on Tuesday: "There will be a respite on editorial job > > cuts, for a year, but we will need significant further editorial and > > organisational savings in subsequent years. > > > > "We need to save at least £15m to fund new investments across the World > > Service in the next three years. We have already identified about half that > > saving. So we need to find at least £8m extra … that is going to be a real > > stretch." > > > > Horrocks said changes would include more multilingual reporting, with staff > > filing for their own language service and in English, as well as a further > > reduction in shortwave transmissions. > > > > He said the World Service would also have to integrate further with the > > main BBC News operation. > > > > Horrocks also announced that the BBC's global news division, which includes > > its world news TV channel, would be renamed "World Service Group … a sort > > of World Service-plus" and the World Service board would be axed with the > > change in its funding. > > > > The new round of cuts comes after the World Service had to find £41m of > > savings after its budget was cut in the government's comprehensive spending > > review three years ago, leading to the loss of about 550 jobs. > > > > It closed five language services, stopped radio broadcasts in seven > > languages, cut back on shortwave and medium-wave transmissions and axed a > > number of World Service English programmes. > > > > The World Service is to be funded directly from the BBC licence fee, along > > with BBC Monitoring, rather than a Foreign Office direct grant, from 1 > > April. This switch was agreed between the BBC and the government as part of > > the 2010 licence fee settlement. > > > > http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/19/bbc-world-service-reduce-shortwave-peter-horrocks > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo Groups Links > > > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ > > > > <*> Your email settings: > > Individual Email | Traditional > > > > <*> To change settings online go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/join > > (Yahoo! 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