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The world turns but we hang on.

The World Update presence in America's capital is very important to us, of course. We know that senior administrators and lawmakers rely on our global briefing of news and analysis as they head to the gym or their desks in the early morning.

They may not be numerous amongst our large audience across the US but they matter to us - to me - because they keep us playing to our highest level.

Inaccuracies and sloppy thinking will win us no friends amongst those who have to make tough decisions in the public service - knowing that, we take the greatest care with our facts and objectivity.

So it was of some concern to us when we learned that one of the Washington DC NPR stations had decided to drop all Â鶹Éç programming in favour of classical music. (Nothing wrong with the music; I just spent most of Sunday watching documentaries about and listening to the music of . But the most powerful capital in the world needs the world's best news service, too.)

Fortunately, the American University station WAMU recognised an opportunity and seized it. From today we can be heard on WAMU on 88.5FM.

We hope all of our listeners who need to start the day with a clear and broad awareness of the main global news stories and what they imply will join World Update on WAMU.

And thanks to General Manager Caryn Mathes and her team for making a very good decision!

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