§ A
§ Language services to be discontinued
§ Service, Estimated daily audience and Notes
§ Norwegian—45,000—Based on a survey in March, 1954.
§ Swedish—25,000—Based on a survey in March, 1954.
§ Danish—30.000—Based on a survey in February, 1954.
§ Dutch—No precise figures available—B.B.C. programmes are relayed once a week by the Netherlands radio.
§ Portuguese—No precise figures availableB.B.C. programmes are relayed once a month by the Portuguese radio.
§ Afrikaans—No precise figures available.
§ B
§ Language services to be curtailed
§ French—240,000—Based on a survey in December, 1956.
§ German—200,000—This estimate is for the Federal Republic only. It is known that a large additional audience exists in the Soviet Zone of Germany, but no precise figures are available.
§ Austrian—No precise figures available—B.B.C. programmes are relayed from time to time.
§ Italian—600,000—Based on a survey in January, 1955. This figure is in part the result of a daily relay of B.B.C. programmes by the Italian Broadcasting network.
§ NOTE: The surveys upon which the above figures are based were carried out by independent organisations in the countries concerned.