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Shortwave radio in the news- Amateur radio fans get antennas up for big annual field day - Chinook Observer June 19, 2013
- 'Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous': How Arthur Fellig turned images of ... - imaging resource June 18, 2013
- Elmhurst radio club to compete in national contest - Suburban Life Publications June 17, 2013
- The radio years - ESPNcricinfo.com (blog) June 17, 2013
- Thanks, Dads - TechCrunch June 17, 2013
- McKenzie: Shortwave radio works when all else fails - The Daily Progress June 17, 2013
- Introducing the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive - Southgate Amateur Radio Club June 4, 2013
- Bouncing Through the Night: Shortwave Memories - My New Orleans May 31, 2013
- HOT SEAT: Interview Tendai Biti on MDC-T policies (Part 1) - SW Radio Africa May 24, 2013
- Digital did not kill the radio star in Africa - Mail & Guardian Online May 23, 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: BBCWS
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 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
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Tagged BBC Bush House, BBC World Service, BBC WS, BBCWS, Nostalgia, Shortwave Radio
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BBC World Service: Celebrating 80th birthday live on air
(Source: BBC World Service) BBC World Service brings you a special day of programming on 29 February to celebrate 80 years of international radio broadcasting. We’ll begin the day with a live broadcast of the daily news meeting– which usually takes … Continue reading
As BBC World Service moves from Bush House, they open doors
BBC World Service opens doors to celebrate 80th birthday (Source: BBC Press Office) Global audience gets unique behind the scenes access as move from iconic London home begins. Audiences are to be given unprecedented behind the scenes access as part … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Bush House, BBC Shortwave, BBC World Service, BBCWS, Shortwave Radio
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BBC World Service awards £200M contract to Babcock International Group
(Source: Radio Today) Babcock International Group has won a 10-year contract to continue providing radio and TV transmission and distribution services to the BBC’s World Service. The deal sees the firm manage more than 150 FM relays around the world … Continue reading