There will always be an England. It just won't be on the radio,

You know that image from the war movies, people huddled together in the dark and lit only by the faint glow of a short wave radio, listening to the BBC World Service for the latest news of the Allied front.

But no more. The BBC has stopped transmitting to North and South America, and the last broadcasts to Europe ended Monday.

The "Beeb" issued a statement saying that after 75 years, the service could no longer be justified because so few people were listening amymore. You know, ratings were down.

The BBC World Service will continue serving underdeveloped nations in Africa and Asia. The rest of us can still catch it on the Internet.

And of course, there'll always be an Internet.