Radio Budapest's last day of English broadcasting, on 30 June, with unceremonious, with the usual play of Insight Central Europe, co-produced with other international broadcasters of the region (Radio Prague, Radio Austria International, etc.). The actual goodbye, albeit brief, came at the end of the broadcast on 29 June. Listen to this mp3 excerpt. The farewell message confirmed that Radio Budapest will continue international broadcasts in Hungarian only. "This is part of changing the programme structure of Hungarian public radio in order to have a more cost-effective operation." See Radio Netherlands Media Network blog, 30 June 2007. See also discussion at DX Listening Digest, 30 June 2007. And Pester Lloyd, 27 June 2007. In its final days, the Radio Budapest English Service broadcast programs from its archives, including several presented by its former head, Charlie Coutts, who died in 2000. More about Mr. Coutts in his obituary, The Independent, 13 April 2000. See previous post about Radio Budapest.