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Short wave listening around the world is declining. The downward trend is accelerating: the global short wave audience for BBC World Service has dropped from 122 million in 1996 to 97 million in 2003.

In the last few years, the interest in listening to Deutsche Welle radio broadcasts via shortwave has decreased rapidly in North America. As a result Deutsche Welle decided to cease shortwave ...