{"id":33741,"date":"2018-08-27T06:39:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33741"},"modified":"2018-08-27T06:39:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T10:39:43","slug":"saudis-broadcasting-company-changes-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/saudis-broadcasting-company-changes-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi’s broadcasting company changes name"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Saudi Press Agency<\/a> via Paul Walker)<\/p>\n

Riyadh, Shawwal 24, 1439, July 08, 2018, SPA — The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation has changed its English title into Saudi Broadcasting Authority, according to an announcement by its board of directors which reached the decision at a meeting held recently under the chairmanship of its chairman Dr. Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad, Minister of the Media.<\/p>\n

In remarks today, Dawood bin Abdulaziz Al-Shiryan, Executive President of the authority, said that the abbreviation of the new name SBA is designed to remove confusion with the recently-launched Saudi Broadcasting Channel (SBC).
\n–SPA
\n17:50 LOCAL TIME 14:50 GMT
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(Source: Saudi Press Agency via Paul Walker) Riyadh, Shawwal 24, 1439, July 08, 2018, SPA — The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation has changed its English title into Saudi Broadcasting Authority, according to an announcement by its board of directors which reached the decision at a meeting held recently under the chairmanship of its chairman Dr. Awwad […]<\/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":[56,960,3],"tags":[4156,3235,7244,7243],"class_list":["post-33741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-paul-walker","tag-radio-riyadh","tag-saudi-broadcasting-authority","tag-saudi-broadcasting-corporation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Md","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64745,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/dxing-the-middle-east-then-and-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":33741,"position":0},"title":"DXing the Middle East – Then and Now","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dan Greenall This region consists of the western part of Asia from Turkey to Iran including the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. 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