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Shortwave radio in the news- Travel Gadgets: Shortwave radio is the way to go - Times LIVE May 17, 2012
- Tamil Gov't Starts Radio Broadcast to Sri Lanka on May 18th - 3rd Anniversary ... - EIN News (press release) May 16, 2012
- Templeton Award to the Dalai Lama - Voice of America May 16, 2012
- Shortwave Gathering Identifies Broadcast Opportunities - Radio World May 15, 2012
- Greenwich Boasts Historic Communications Feat - The Daily Greenwich May 15, 2012
- Gerry Jackson, founder, SW Radio Africa - The Guardian May 14, 2012
- In Zimbabwe's Media, It's All About Robert Mugabe - NPR May 13, 2012
- Zimbabwe exile shortwave station wants more information about license denial - Radio Survivor May 12, 2012
- Murrow Shortwave Site Rededicated - Radio World May 9, 2012
- Villagers treasure Shortwave radio - The Zimbabwean May 9, 2012
- RNW Media Network
- This is a searchable archive of over 15,000 international media stories published from Oct 2003 - March 2012
- Kenya: CCK to take back unused frequencies
- Rwanda: Parliament radio goes on air
- Radiofax audio archive to mark 20 years since closure
- Swaziland to ban anti-Mswati tweets
- Web address controversy deepens after US warning
- New company building a search engine for television
- EU willing to support Portuguese on Euronews
- Kenya to ban analogue TV imports
- Christian TV Network bosses accused of massive fraud
Tag Archives: BBC World Service Cuts
A West Dorset view on the Rampisham Radio Transmitting Station closure
(Source: Real West Dorset) RAMPISHAM’S radio transmission station may close before Christmas with the loss of more than 20 jobs, even though it’s currently broadcasting into Libya. The proposed shutdown of the Dorset site follows the BBC’s decision earlier this … Continue reading
BBC strike could affect World Service today
It appears some BBC journalists, as of 23:01 UTC (Sunday), have gone on the strike we mentioned previously. (Source: BBC News) Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) began their strike at 00:01 BST. From Tuesday, members will also … Continue reading
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BBC strikes in light of Murdoch
(Source: The Guardian) Sometimes it’s easy to figure out which side people are on – the strikers and their union, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) are on one side – as are the other unions in the BBC and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Strikes, BBC World Service Cuts, BBCWS Cuts, National Union of Journalists
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BBC World Service audience dwindling in transition to internet-based media
A lesson here is when you pull out of shortwave radio broadcasts you lose very large swatches of listeners–especially when many in your audience lack access to the internet. (Source: Journalism.co.uk) The BBC World Service’s global audience has dropped by … Continue reading
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BBC strike next week
BBC journalists have announced that they will strike next week in protest of the mandatory lay-offs/redundancies which will greatly reduce the BBC World Service staff. (Source: Journalism.co.uk) Journalists at the BBC have announced they will take strike action next week … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC World Service, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC WS, National Union of Journalists
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Hague giving BBC World Service £2.2 million to save Hindi shortwave broadcasts
This is fantastic news for BBC World Service’s Hindi shortwave broadcasts. The allocated funds will be given to BBC WS over a 3 year period.Kudos to Foreign Secretary, William Hague, for recognizing the impact of BBC Wold Service’s Hindi language … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC World Service Hindi, BBCWS Cuts, Hindi, William Hague
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BBC World Service to be allocated additional funding
In the midst of many international broadcasting budget cuts, very good news for the BBC World Service (Source: BBC): BBC World Service is to receive an extra £2.2m per year over the next three years from the government. The funding … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC Arabic, BBC Hindi, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC WS
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Lord Patten: BBC Hindi to survive budget cuts
(Source: moneycontrol.com) Terming the BBC Hindi Service as “very important”, Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, today said the service will survive the major funding cuts that had severely affected its … Continue reading
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Lord Patten to save the World Service from cuts
(Source: The Telegraph) The new chairman of the BBC has signaled he is prepared to axe sports events and a digital television channel – but vowed to fight to save the World Service from spending cuts. Read full article at … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC World Service, BBC World Service Cuts, Lord Patten
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The BBC World Service to keep Hindi broadcasts
According to MSN India, British Members of Parliament have decided that they cannot allow cuts to BBC WS broadcasts in Hindi to India as India is a growing economic power and partner with the UK. Hmmm…I wonder if the BBC … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC World Service, BBC World Service Cuts, Hindi, Indi
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