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Shortwave radio in the news- Radio Free Sarawak Receives international media award - Malaysia Chronicle May 22, 2013
- Catholic Radio: Faithful, Interactive, and Growing - Catholic World Report May 21, 2013
- China jockeys for radio control - Financial Express May 20, 2013
- End times for doomsday-linked radio network? - CNN (blog) May 16, 2013
- Proclaiming Christ Through Catholic Radio - Catholic World Report May 9, 2013
- Police confiscate 10 motorbikes during MDC office raid - SW Radio Africa May 9, 2013
- 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
- Puntland: 15 4x4s for local police and short-wave radio station - StarAfrica.com April 24, 2013
- SW Radio Africa Scoops Two Gongs At ZAA Awards - AllAfrica.com April 24, 2013
- 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 WS
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
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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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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
Posted in Broadcasters, News
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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BBC Bush House: auctioning bits of radio history
(Source: London Evening Standard) Thousands of fragments of BBC history, ranging from “on air” lights to a picture of Sir Paul McCartney broadcasting live to fans in Russia, are going under the hammer in a huge auction. The lots are … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasters, News, Nostalgia
Tagged BBC Bush House, BBC World Service, BBC WS, BBCWS, Nostalgia, Shortwave Radio
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits the BBC World Service with thanks, criticism
Noted Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited the BBC World Service last week. Her visit served, in part, to thank them for their broadcasts, which became a lifeline of information for her during her fifteen-year imprisonment in Burma … Continue reading
BBC World Service: A Lifetime of Shortwave Radio
An Antarctic glaciologist, Burmese monk, communications professor and a Somalian tell their shortwave radio stories in this article posted by the BBC World Service in honor of 80 years of shortwave radio broadcasts. In my opinion, these stories are very much … Continue reading
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 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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