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4 November – Debut of the BBC World Service soap Westway. 31 December – The Finnish service ends after 57 years. [7] 1998. Following the recent commencement of the World Service being heard overnight on BBC Radio 4's FM frequencies, the overnight transmission on BBC Local Radio ends. It is replaced with a simulcast of BBC Radio 5 Live. 1999
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, public broadcaster Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Jonathan Munro Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 92 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC ...
28 December – After more than 20 years, BBC radio's national programme for the Asian community, Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye (Make Yourself at Home), and broadcast on Sunday morning on BBC Radio 4, ends. 1987. The BBC World Service launches BBC 648 from the Orfordness transmitting station. The service provides a tailor-made service for northern ...
1953 in British radio – The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is broadcast on the BBC Home Service and BBC Light Programme, with seven hours of coverage provided. [5] 1954 in British radio – First broadcast of Children's Favourites. 1955 in British radio – Opening of the UK's first VHF/FM transmitter; first broadcast of From Our Own ...
19 September – BBC2 launches a weekday afternoon business, personal finance and consumer news programme Working Lunch, which broadcasts for 42 weeks per year. 1995. 16 January – BBC World Service Television was renamed as BBC World. It was launched as an international free-to-air news channel on 26 January at 19:00 GMT.
21 April – BBC News 24 and BBC World are renamed BBC News and BBC World News respectfully. 22 September – The launch of BBC Alba sees the first edition of a new Scottish Gaelic news bulletin An Là. 2009. 12 January – Strictly Money, a business news programme for UK and Irish viewers, launches on CNBC Europe. Initially launched as a ...
9 February – The 9am and 5pm news bulletins on BBC Radio 3 are replaced by a ten-minute bulletin from the BBC World Service. The bulletins are titled World Service News. 1988. 15 January – After less than a year, the World Service news bulletins broadcast on Radio 3 are axed. June – After 66 years at Broadcasting House, the BBC Radio News ...
BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV (World Service Television), was the name of two BBC international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting.