{"id":2882,"date":"2012-02-29T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2012-02-29T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T12:09:09","slug":"bbc-world-service-celebrating-80th-birthday-live-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/bbc-world-service-celebrating-80th-birthday-live-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service: Celebrating 80th birthday live on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1040\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1040\" title=\"BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BBC-World-Service-Bush-Ho-007.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BBC World Service - Bush House<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: BBC World Service)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BBC World Service brings you a special day of programming on 29 February to celebrate 80 years of international radio broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll begin the day with a live broadcast of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pcj5x\">daily news meeting<\/a><\/strong>\u2013 which usually takes place behind closed doors \u2013 a meeting of all the language service and English news heads who decide the day&#8217;s news agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights include an audience with naturalist and broadcaster\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pdhjf\">Sir David Attenborough<\/a><\/strong>; writer\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pfhmf\">VS Naipaul<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will be talking about his time at BBC World Service with the Caribbean service and music producer\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pfhmf\">William Orbit<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will be guest editing our arts programme,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pfhmf\">The Strand<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen out for topics such as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pdhjj\">entrepreneurship in Africa<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pfhmc\">the future of international broadcasting<\/a><\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00pdhjk\">amazing abilities of an athlete&#8217;s body<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, you&#8217;ll be able to watch video clips of guests and staff around our current headquarters, Bush House.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll also be asking you to put questions to guests and BBC World Service staff via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbcworldservice\">clickFacebook<\/a><\/strong>, so join us if you can.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldservice\/programmes\/schedules\/2012\/02\/29\">clickFor full details of Bush House Inside Out, check out the schedule.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(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&#8217;ll begin the day with a live broadcast of the\u00a0daily news meeting\u2013 which usually takes place behind closed doors \u2013 a meeting of all the language service and English news [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,305,288,43],"tags":[903,327,927,789,4082],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc-bush-house","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-80th-anniversary","tag-bbcws","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Ku","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2812,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/as-bbc-world-service-moves-from-bush-house-they-open-doors\/","url_meta":{"origin":2882,"position":0},"title":"As BBC World Service moves from Bush House, they open doors","author":"Thomas","date":"February 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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