Dismay about BBC decision to end 'Calling the Falklands'

Its target audience may only be 2400 strong, but Calling the Falklands, the twice weekly 15-minute programme that the BBC plans to axe on 31 March, has a lot of support.

In a long article for MercoPress, the South Atlantic's news agency, Harold Briley (BBC Latin America Correspondent 1979-1983) writes: "The news that the BBC World Service is axing its dedicated and historic 'Calling the Falklands' programme has caused dismay and anger among some Falklands supporters in the United Kingdom who believe it is an ill-timed error of judgment by the BBC and the Foreign Office, who finance the programme.

Briley says that "Abolishing the two 15-minute programmes a week will save comparatively little money in the BBC's huge budget. The alternative package of training and programmes offered by the BBC for re-broadcast for the Islands media is welcome as far as it goes but seems to offer little more than was available previously."

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Source: Media Network

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