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This week in Mailbox: the future of shortwave broadcasting, discussion about full body X-ray scanners. Listeners quoted: Ed Reid, Christopher Lewis, Stuart Severin, Alastair Pamphilon, Jonathan Murphy.

Today in Mailbox: Radio Prague is to stay on shortwave! Listeners quoted: Mogire Machuki, Yvonne and Gerwyn Roberts, Dmitry Mezin, Dibyendu Madhab Das.

This week in Mailbox: greetings from Illinois and New Zealand, Czech Radio’s new English web pages, a brief look at the history of Prague’s fortification system. Listeners quoted: Barbara Ziemba, Terje Nielsen, Thomas Kuca.

Today in Mailbox we quote from your e-mails answering December’s quiz question and announce a new mystery person contest for January. Listeners quoted: Hans Verner Lollike, S. J. Agboola, Ian Morisson, Sergei, Gordon Martindale, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Charles Konecny, Charlie Cockey, Henrik Klemetz, Colin Law, Keith A. Simmonds.

This week in Mailbox we look back at 2009 and read from your letters of support and encouragement regarding the future of Radio Prague. Listeners quoted: Charles Konecny, Simon Hockenhull, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Rich Bisignano.

Today in Mailbox: the fermented bread drink “kvass”, the new director of Prague Zoo, Czech Oscar winners. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, John, Rassem Ben Brahim.

In today’s Mailbox: response to last week’s Spotlight on Prague’s bomb shelters, the latest development regarding Radio Prague’s shortwave broadcasts, greetings to William Cookson from the UK. Listeners quoted: Rich Burns, Pete Johnson, Ralph Francis, Lenfant Lee, Yukiko Maki, Terje Nielsen, Graham Armishaw.

Today in Mailbox we reveal the identity of November’s mystery man and announce the names of the four winners who will receive Radio Prague souvenirs for their correct answers. Listeners quoted: Tracy Andreotti, Colin Law, Henrik Klemetz, Yuri Nikolaev, Barbara Ziemba, Gordon Martindale, David Eldridge, Charles Konecny, Yukiko Maki, Ian Morrison, Uday Nayak.

In Mailbox today: seasons in the Czech Republic, the Czech national dance, plaques on the Czech Radio building. Listeners quoted: Tsunehito Inoue, Ashraful Islam, Muhammad Shamim, Howard Tuffrey.

This week in Mailbox: the 20th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution, reception in China, the story of Czech asylum seeker Ferdinand Platil in Canada in 1968. Listeners quoted: Howard Tuffrey, Lynda-Marie Hauptmann, Nicolas Erdei, Ian Morrison, Jason, Ruth D. Liston.