{"id":7887,"date":"2013-11-13T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T13:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2013-11-13T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:36:04","slug":"in-the-wake-of-disaster-bbc-world-service-extends-shortwave-service-to-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/in-the-wake-of-disaster-bbc-world-service-extends-shortwave-service-to-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"In the wake of disaster, BBC World Service extends shortwave service to Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Typhoon<\/a>

Typhoon Haiyan aftermath (Source: VOA News)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Alex, who writes:<\/p>\n

The Philippines\u00a0disaster has prompted the BBC World Service to put on a short wave service to the Philippines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

[The BBC notes:]<\/p>\n

“We have extended the hours until\u00a0next Tuesday\u00a0to give a longer run in the evening, so on SW the following hours are heard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:00 \u2013 11:00 GMT<\/strong>
\n11825 kHz \u2013 25 Metre Band<\/strong>
\n12010 kHz \u2013 25 Metre Band<\/strong>
\n17790 kHz \u2013 16 Metre Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is also existing SW which is not necessarily targeting the Philippines but which they should be able to pick up as follows:<\/p>\n

11:00 \u2013 15:00 GMT
\n6195 kHz \u2013 49 Metre Band
\n9740 kHz \u2013 31 Metre Band<\/p>\n

00:00 \u2013 02:00 GMT
\n6195 kHz \u2013 49 Metre Band
\n9740 kHz \u2013 31 Metre Band
\n11955 kHz \u2013 25 Metre Band<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[UPDATE: Frequencies and times have been updated as of 15:30 UTC, November 13, 2013] \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Alex’s message he also noted that the info from the BBC is presently a bit vague.\u00a0He will keep us updated as he receives more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Alex, who writes: The Philippines\u00a0disaster has prompted the BBC World Service to put on a short wave service to the Philippines. [The BBC notes:] “We have extended the hours until\u00a0next Tuesday\u00a0to give a longer run in the evening, so on SW the following hours are heard. 09:00 \u2013 11:00 […]<\/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":[56,81,3,651,43,1409,1167],"tags":[327,2328,2327,2329,2326],"class_list":["post-7887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-shortwave-philippines","tag-philippines","tag-philippines-shortwave","tag-typhoon-haiyan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-23d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13077,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/bbc-shortwave-frequencies-and-schedule-for-nepal-earthquake-relief\/","url_meta":{"origin":7887,"position":0},"title":"BBC shortwave frequencies and schedule for Nepal earthquake relief","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Media Centre press release) BBC World Service broadcasts Lifeline programmes in Nepal In response to the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal, the BBC World Service is now broadcasting additional programming on shortwave in both Nepalese and in English. 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