{"id":14668,"date":"2015-09-07T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2015-09-07T08:18:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:18:18","slug":"bbc-sets-plans-for-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/bbc-sets-plans-for-next-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC sets plans for next decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13665\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg\" alt=\"BBC-AT-WAR\" width=\"650\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Bill, for sharing a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-34168310\" target=\"_blank\">this article which summarizes the BBC&#8217;s plans for the next ten years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BBC director general, Tony Hall,\u00a0said\u00a0the corporation will become an &#8220;open BBC for the internet age&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While Hall was quick to add that funding cuts would equate to &#8220;the loss or reduction of some services&#8221; he also highlighted several efforts that would include shortwave and mediumwave broadcasts, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Significant investment&#8221; in the BBC World Service, including a daily news programme for North Korea and more broadcasts to Russia, India and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>A news service for Ethiopia and Eritrea on medium wave and short wave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, we can expect more cuts to BBC World Service shortwave broadcasting\u00a0over the next ten years\u00a0even if it wasn&#8217;t specifically mentioned in Hall&#8217;s speech.\u00a0If we&#8217;re lucky, the BBC will continue to broadcast into those parts of the world that still rely on shortwave. Specifically mentioning North Korea, Ethiopia and Eritrea appears to be a nod in that direction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-34168310\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read this article on the\u00a0BBC News website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2015\/sep\/07\/tony-hall-speech-future-bbc-full-text\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian has posted the full text of Tony Hall&#8217;s speech<\/a>. It&#8217;s worth reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill, for sharing a link to this article which summarizes the BBC&#8217;s plans for the next ten years. BBC director general, Tony Hall,\u00a0said\u00a0the corporation will become an &#8220;open BBC for the internet age&#8221;. While Hall was quick to add that funding cuts would equate to &#8220;the loss or reduction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,960,433,3,43],"tags":[104,902,327,2421,4188,4099,474,4187],"class_list":["post-14668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-international-broadcasting","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-shortwave","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-eritrea","tag-ethiopia","tag-mediumwave","tag-north-korea","tag-tony-hall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3OA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/bbc-world-service-new-shortwave-services-to-ethiopia-and-eritrea\/","url_meta":{"origin":14668,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service: new shortwave services to Ethiopia and Eritrea","author":"Thomas","date":"September 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Note that, in terms of press freedoms, Reporters Without Borders ranks Eritrea the second most repressive country in the world, next to North Korea. 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It's fantastic news. \"This new funding is the single biggest increase in the World Service budget ever committed by any\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBC-AT-WAR","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30599,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/bbc-launches-new-shortwave-services-for-ethiopia-and-eritrea\/","url_meta":{"origin":14668,"position":2},"title":"BBC launches new shortwave services for Ethiopia and Eritrea","author":"Thomas","date":"January 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Media Centre via Mike Hansgen) The BBC is launching new daily radio services which will be aired Monday to Friday in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya. The new language services have been available online since September 2017 when they launched websites and Facebook pages in all three languages.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ethiopia-and-Eritrea-e1517263739580.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ethiopia-and-Eritrea-e1517263739580.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Ethiopia-and-Eritrea-e1517263739580.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51418,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/carlos-shares-shortwave-art-and-recordings-of-ethiopian-jamming-and-bbc-news-tigrinya\/","url_meta":{"origin":14668,"position":3},"title":"Carlos Shares Shortwave Art and Recordings of Ethiopian Jamming and BBC News Tigrinya","author":"Thomas","date":"January 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor and political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who has been exploring the world of clandestine radio, documenting the on-going conflict in Ethiopia via shortwave radio. The following are two examples of his radio log art, this time for documenting jamming of Dimtse Wegahta Tigray and BBC News\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Carlos-Latuff-Shortwave-Art-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51992,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/ukraine-bbc-adds-two-shortwave-broadcasts-nexus-adds-mw-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":14668,"position":4},"title":"Ukraine: BBC adds two shortwave broadcasts, NEXUS adds MW service","author":"Thomas","date":"February 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino (@aborgnino), who notes: On shortwave, the BBC is adding 2 shortwave broadcasts to Ukraine on 5875 kHz from 8\/10 UTC and on 15735 kHz from 2\/4 UTC. On medium wave, NEXUS- of Milan in Italy on 1323 kHz and proposes broadcasting for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-d-808-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698257533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-d-808-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698257533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-d-808-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698257533.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-d-808-keypad-closeup-radio-dial-e1515698257533.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28529,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/north-korea-aggressively-jams-new-bbc-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":14668,"position":5},"title":"North Korea &#8220;aggressively&#8221; jams new BBC broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"September 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Telegraph) The BBC's new Korean-language service is being \"aggressively targeted\" by North Korean jamming of its broadcasts. 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