BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

6055 0100-0600 to NoAM 290degr, Spanish
[not 6055 0000-0100 to NoAM 302degr, English anymore?]
(wb, dxld Oct 29)
SWEDEN Radio Sweden Ends English on 31 Oct. 2010.
(R Sweden, via Mike Terry-UK, BrDXC-UK ng Oct 22)
Radio Sweden closing down shortwave services and immigrant transmissions
in Albanian.
The following message was sent to Glenn Hauser:
Dear Glenn, The closure of a number of services now offered by the Swedish
Radio has been strongly criticized, both by representatives for immigrant
groups, Swedish citizens abroad and sailors, who rely on radio broadcast
when far away from the mainland.
I find it deplorable that the Albanian as well as the Bosnian-Croatian-
Serbian service will close down. Among our immigrants many elderly people
will become more isolated from Swedish society, since they do not
understand Swedish well enough. Younger people are not affected, they rely
on the internet and get all possible information about events in Sweden
also through TV and newspapers. When going abroad I personally will miss
the daily news bulletins from Sweden, which I could listen to at the
seaside resorts in Italy, Croatia and Albania... To use computers when
staying abroad is not always easy, radio here stands for constant access
and flexibility!
English speaking listeners will no longer be informed via shortwaves about
Swedish news and views via radio.
Generally speaking, the present trend with regard to international
broadcasting give an impression re the situation in the international
economic and political fields. We have to ask, after checking the
situation on the shortwave bands:
Is China the world power number one?
Are USA, Russia and Western Europe second class powers?
The Chinese domination on shortwaves today is overwhelming.
Is this known in Washington, London and Moscow?
Could we as DXers deviate a bit from our normal course and inform the
leading circles, the governments of USA, United Kingdom and Russia, the
Senate and the House of Representatives, the British Parliament and the
Russian Duma about this state of affairs, to create a debate on this
matter?
Just an idea of mine!
Kind regards,
(Ullmar Qvick, Norrkoeping, Sweden to Glenn Hauser-OK-USA; Oct 25)
SWEDEN Think about the LAST QSL of 1179 kHz Soelvesborg Sweden, on
Saturday night is final SHUT DOWN by Radio Sweden on the cliff.
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