Many thanks to Richard Hollingham with Boffin Media, who writes:
Hi – I’m (proudly) the Executive Producer of the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. It’s made by Boffin Media for the BBC….I’m about to deliver this year’s edition.
In terms of the broadcast itself, following the test on Monday, the BBC’s decided to transmit on all four of the frequencies [noted here] this year.
Because it’s a unique broadcast, the SW version is 30 minutes long whereas the global version is 26′ 29″ (to fit the standard World Service half hour, following the news bulletin). The SW version also has a different introduction as it’s aimed just at our audience of 35 in Antarctica.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this, Richard. We’ll be listening!
As a reminder, here are the frequencies courtesy of Richard Langley:
- 6035 kHz from Dhabbaya
- 6170 kHz from Ascension
- 7305 kHz from Woofferton
- 9505 kHz from Woofferton
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) just published a story about today´s midwinter celebrations, also mentioning the BBC Midwinter Broadcast:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/celebrating-midwinter-in-antarctica/
Editions 2015 – 2020 of the “BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast” are still online:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tp3b6/episodes/player
For me stuck out here in the middle of USA, would the 9505 Wooferton station be best?
guys, MIDwinter is June 21
Yes, but at which TIME or TIMES is that 30 minute program broadcasted? 00:00 UTC? 13:30 UTC? 23:45 UTC? Some other time? Or several times in that 24 hour day?
I won’t be listening on four frequency for 24 hours straight.
According to the website, the broadcast is scheduled for 2130–2200utc on 21June
Thank you.
When this program will be broadcasted? At which hour(s) ?
Hello ! Will broadcast on this evening 17 june ?