{"id":49299,"date":"2021-06-17T08:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49299"},"modified":"2021-06-20T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T15:01:56","slug":"four-frequencies-will-be-used-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/four-frequencies-will-be-used-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Four frequencies will be used for the 2021 BBC Midwinter Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13662\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to Richard Hollingham with Boffin Media, who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Hi \u2013 I\u2019m (proudly) the Executive Producer of the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. It\u2019s made by <a href=\"http:\/\/boffinmedia.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boffin Media<\/a> for the BBC\u2026.I\u2019m about to deliver this year\u2019s edition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In terms of the broadcast itself, following the test on Monday, the BBC\u2019s decided to transmit on all four of the frequencies [<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/possible-frequencies-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast\/\">noted here<\/a>] this year. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Because it\u2019s a unique broadcast, the SW version is 30 minutes long whereas the global version is 26&#8242; 29&#8243; (to fit the standard World Service half hour, following the news bulletin). The SW version also has a different introduction as it\u2019s aimed just at our audience of 35 in Antarctica.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this, Richard. We&#8217;ll be listening!<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, here are the frequencies courtesy of Richard Langley:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6035 kHz from Dhabbaya<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6170 kHz from Ascension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>7305 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9505 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Richard Hollingham with Boffin Media, who writes: Hi \u2013 I\u2019m (proudly) the Executive Producer of the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. It\u2019s made by Boffin Media for the BBC\u2026.I\u2019m about to deliver this year\u2019s edition. In terms of the broadcast itself, following the test on Monday, the BBC\u2019s decided to transmit on all four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[960,3,43,1167],"tags":[9318,3919,327,9325,9324,3516],"class_list":["post-49299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-2021-antarctic-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","tag-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-test-broadcasts","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-boffin-media","tag-richard-hollingham","tag-richard-langley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cP9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53076,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/bbc-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-and-schedule-june-21-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":49299,"position":0},"title":"BBC Midwinter Broadcast Frequencies and Schedule: June 21, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"June 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following note from Alan Pennington via the WoR io group: BBC Antarctic Midwinter broadcast - June 21 frequencies confirmed From: Alan Pennington Thanks to Dave Passey at Woofferton who has just confirmed to me the frequencies for the BBC\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49348,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/please-share-your-recording-of-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":49299,"position":1},"title":"Please share your recording of the 2021 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica here!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In the comments section of this post, I'd like you to share your recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica! 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The BBC plays music requests and sends special messages to the small team--35 individuals this year--located at various Antarctic research stations. Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-1024x681.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-1024x681.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-1024x681.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62945,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/you-can-help-bbc-seeks-archived-recordings-of-antarctic-midwinter-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":49299,"position":3},"title":"You Can Help: BBC Seeks Archived Recordings of Antarctic Midwinter Broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"May 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Richard Hollingham, Executive Producer of the BBC World Service Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast, who reached out with a special request to the SWLing community: \u201cIt turns out that it\u2019s now 70 years since the BBC partnered with the forerunner of the British Antarctic Survey to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/please-share-your-recording-of-the-2022-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":49299,"position":4},"title":"Please share your recording of the 2022 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica here!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In the comments section of this post, I'd like you to share your recording of the BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica! 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