Discussion re BBC leaving SW due to cuts

[w2xq]

An interesting discussion about the BBC's plan to discontinue its shortwave broadcast service, dealing with budget cuts and loss of license fees. You'll recognize a lot of names of persons interviewed.

Debating the Impact of BBC World Service Cuts - Radio World

The cuts are the latest in a long-running move away from global airwaves. In 2011 about 650 BBCWS jobs were lost due to budget cuts.

www.radioworld.com

 

[Boombox]

So goes their soft power to Asia, aside from their transmissions to Burma and North Korea. But it's their choice.

Thanks for posting the link to the article. Bad news for SW, but then again, by now we SWLs are all pretty much used to this sort of thing, aren't we.