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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 ...
1 May – The General Overseas Service is renamed the BBC World Service. [2] 1966. The World Service's reach in Africa is expanded with the opening of the Ascension Island relay. 4 July – Outlook is broadcast for the first time. 1967. 20 January – The BBC Albanian service ends. 1968. 28 October – Hebrew programming ends. 1969
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. 27 February – European Business News (EBN) launches. The pan-European service is broadcast from London and features rolling coverage of UK business alongside business news from Europe. 1996
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 ...
World Update was a radio programme that was BBC World Service's morning news strand. Broadcast at 10:06 GMT , it was also carried by public radio stations across the United States. [ 1 ] Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon . [ 2 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. BBC news programme World News Today Final title card, used from 2019 to 2020. Created by BBC World News Presented by Philippa Thomas Karin Giannone Kasia Madera (Fri) Alpa Patel (Sat-Sun) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English Production Production locations Studio C ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. English-language pay television channel This article is about the English-language audio-visual international news and current affairs operations of the BBC. For the BBC's corporate division administering it, as well as the audio-only branding of the same, see BBC World Service. This ...
1 June – BBC World News programmes Outside Source and Business Live make their debut on the BBC News Channel. They appear as a result of cutbacks which also sees the overnight simulcast of BBC World News beginning an hour earlier at midnight. 2016. 16 February – The final edition of 60 Seconds is broadcast on BBC Three. The programme ends ...