Yup; that's a good website.  Already looked at it and have complained
(nicely).

Heard about it on V O A's Communications World last week (admittedly, I
heard it on the Internet but it's all over the SW spectrum, too).

I don't think John Bull will listen to us up-start colonists but it's
worth a try.  SW listening is certainly different from listening on the
Internet, if only that most of us don't have computers in our
livingrooms or backyards!

Hey, I got it!  Perhaps we should write President Bush and ask him to
demand immediate payment of Breat Britain's World War I and World War II
debt unless BBC reconsiders!  *That* ought to get their attention!

73!

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: K 7 U I J
... Go M's!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 7:39 AM
Subject: BBC World Service to North America Closing Down


> Hi everyone.
>
> Well, I could hardly believe my ears when I heard it, but it's true.
The
> BBC is planning to shut all of their transmitters to North America off
on
> July 1, 2001, and leave North American listeners to pick the audio up
off
> of the internet.
>
> For those who enjoy shortwave listening, as I do, and who are regular
> listeners to the BBC, the following information may be of interest.
>
> I would like to pass on the following web site address for those who
are
> interested in contacting the BBC and encouraging them to reconsider
their
> position.  The address is:
>
> www.savebbc.org
>
> I think that it would be best for those who wish to pursue this to
> carefully note the addresses and suggested salutations for the
officials
> within the BBC and also to note the address of the suggested contact
at the
> British Embassy here in the United States.
>
> Also, the link to the suggested talking points is worth looking at.  I
> think, however, that it is also worth commenting on why the BBC is
> important to you personally, what your listening habits are, why the
> internet and other alternative broadcast arrangements will not work
for
> you, and the like.  I think it would be bestto avoid losing your cool
with
> these folks--just be intelligent, respectful, and persuasive.
>
> The web site information was given on the World of Radio broadcast of
> 6/17/01 at 0230 UTC on 5.070 MHz.  I looked at the web site, myself,
and
> found a wealth of information..
>
> If the BBC World Service is important to you, I would urge you to
check
> this out and contact them.
>
>
> Also, a written letter will carry much more weight than e-mails.
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>
>
> Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
> e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work Tel.  (716) 697-5753 (New number effective 5/7/01)
>