Re: BBC WS stops shortwave broadcasts to US

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT) "Bob Nelson...WMWM"
<bobonradio@yahoo.com> writes:
> An item in today's "Ask the Globe" in the Boston
> Globe mentions that as of June 30, the BBC World
> Service will no longer broadcast its shortwave
> transmissions to the US, Canada, and several other
> countries. The BBC is finding it more cost-effective
> to broadcast over the internet plus many public
> stations air BBC WS programs.
> 
IIRC the BBC made the announcement some time ago that they will
discontinue their shortwave broadcasts to North America at the end of
June.

df