WWL TV (New Orleans), 4 June 2010, Meg Farris: "Local seafood promoters say the Louisiana seafood brand is hurting around the country. They say it took two years to come back after Hurricane Katrina, but with the perception from the oil leak, it could take longer. So they took the message that the seafood is still safe to a worldwide audience Friday with an hour of live, talk radio, broadcast around the world from the University of New Orleans, to an estimated 190 million listeners. BBC World Service gathered a panel of local people in front of a live audience to talk about their perspective on the oil leak. ... Listeners called from Nigeria, England, and Alaska, where a man who called the show said 21 years after the Valdez spill, areas of seafood production are still not back. ... BP representatives were invited to be on the panel but BBC says they declined." Refers to BBC WS World Have Your Say on 4 June. Audio available here.

BBC World Service: "BBC World Service reporter Robyn Bresnahan is spending two weeks at New Orleans station WWNO. She'll be hearing how the BP oil spill is affecting people's lives."

BBCWS World Have Your Say blog, 4 June 2010, Ros Atkins: "We got some sad news from Oregon a few days ago. As you may have seen on facebook and twitter yesterday, OPB [Oregon Public Broadcasting] has decided to drop WHYS from its schedule from the end of June. ... Needless to say it's a real shame as we've a fantastic connection with the station and many of you who listen in Oregon. (We get more comment from Oregon than any other US state and more than any country bar Nigeria.) But clearly for a significant number of listeners our 'tone' and 'production' are not to their liking and we have to respect the station's decision."

OPB Facebook, 3 June 2010, John B.: "With a limited number of hours, we are constantly looking to bring the very best to our listeners. After nearly three years that we’ve broadcast WHYS, production and audio quality issues continue to be problematic. And we’ve heard from listener feedback that the tone of the show is inconsistent with that of our other programs. World Have Your Say is an ambitious concept. We’ve enjoyed working closely with Ros Atkins and the WHYS production team and we wish them the best." Many listener comments at the OPB Facebook wall. See also comments about OPB morning talk shows at The Portland Mercury, 14 January 2010.

Update: The Oregonian, 21 June 2010, Kristi Turnquist: "The BBC World Service radio show, 'World Have Your Say' is leaving the Oregon Public Broadcasting schedule as of July 1. Depending on your attitude, this will either prompt a sigh of disappointment, or a hearty shout of 'It's about time!'" See also many comments, including this from adoregon: "I hated the urgent/conflict/crisis tone they always used and the implication that other news sources are un-trustworty or conspiratorial but talking to a few people around the world is a good way at getting at the truth. But I did like hearing broader perspectivefrom all over - I think it could be a good show with some changes."