{"id":47304,"date":"2021-01-15T11:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47304"},"modified":"2021-01-15T11:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:13:40","slug":"the-bbc-world-service-would-like-your-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-bbc-world-service-would-like-your-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBC World Service would like your feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Abdalla S<\/a>, a Strategy Analyst with the BBC World Service, is asking for your feedback via email. He posted the following message today on his Twitter feed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Are you able to hear BBC programmes in English on shortwave radio clearly? If not, was it because of interference from another signal or mechanical noise? Please write to us at worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk<\/a> and let us know!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s follow up with his request and offer him useful feedback via email<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abdalla S, a Strategy Analyst with the BBC World Service, is asking for your feedback via email. He posted the following message today on his Twitter feed: Are you able to hear BBC programmes in English on shortwave radio clearly? If not, was it because of interference from another signal or mechanical noise? Please write […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[960,3],"tags":[327],"class_list":["post-47304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-bbc-world-service"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ciY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1200,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/bbc-world-service-additional-funding\/","url_meta":{"origin":47304,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service to be allocated additional funding","author":"Thomas","date":"June 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In the midst of many international broadcasting budget cuts, very good news for the BBC World Service (Source: BBC): BBC World Service is to receive an extra \u00a32.2m per year over the next three years from the government. 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