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Shortwave radio in the news- Grey Point Fort special event station - Southgate Amateur Radio Club May 24, 2013
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- Africa: Digital Did Not Kill the Radio Star - AllAfrica.com May 3, 2013
- Shortwave Radio Operator – Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. (Vandiver, AL) - DFW Catholic April 25, 2013
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Tag Archives: BBC World Service Cuts
MP criticism over BBC World Service’s uncertain budget
(Source: BBC News) Uncertainty about the BBC World Service budget as the corporation prepares to take on full funding of the service is “unacceptable”, MPs have warned. Foreign Office funding for the service will stop in April 2014 when it … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Cuts, BBC World Service, BBC World Service Budget, BBC World Service Cuts, Shortwave Radio
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Allen’s thoughts as BBC Cyprus relay station closes today
SWLing Post reader, Allen, writes: BBC’s Cyprus relay station is being closed down today after more than 50 years of service. The BBC currently uses the station to broadcast its Arabic radio service to the Arab world on short wave. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Broadcasters, News
Tagged BBC Arabic, BBC Arabic Cuts, BBC Cyprus Cuts, bbc cyprus relay, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC WS, BBC WS Cuts
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BBC World Service to “simplify” English and cut Arabic on shortwave
Sadly, the BBC World Service is going forward with cuts that had been announced in 2012. Global English service is being reduced, but Arabic services are being cut altogether. The BBC expect to lose 1.5 million listeners to Global English cuts, … Continue reading
Guardian: BBC World Service asking for voluntary redundancies
(Source: The Guardian) Corporation’s global arm to close 73 editorial posts, but hopes to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of £42m budget cuts The BBC World Service has urged all its network news journalists to consider voluntary redundancy as it aims to … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC World Service, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC WS, BBCWS, The Guardian
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BBC: Shortwave hit by World Service cuts
As we mentioned last week in our post with the internal memo from the BBC World Service, the BBC has now formally announced that World Service shortwave broadcasts in Arabic are to close by next April and the Cyprus shortwave relay station will close … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Arabic Cuts, BBC Cyprus Cuts, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC WS, BBCWS
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BBC internal memo outlines year three cuts and changes to the BBC World Service
This BBC internal memo, sent to employees by World Service Director, Peter Horrocks, outlines the unfortunate pending cuts and changes in much greater detail than those presented by the press. Here is the memo in its entirety–it concludes with further comments … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC Cuts, BBC Internal Memo, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC World Service Internal Memo, BBC WS
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BBC World Service to make further cuts in third phase of “savings”
Note that these cuts are a continuation of the overall £42m the BBC announced in January of 2011. Follow World Service cuts on the SWLing Post with the tag BBC World Service Cuts. (Source: The Guardian) A further 73 posts will … Continue reading
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Tagged BB World Service, BBC World Service Cuts, BBC World Service English, BBC WS, BBCWS
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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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Tagged BBC, BBC World Service, BBC World Service Cuts
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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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