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The BBC World Service began on 19 December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service, broadcasting on shortwave [25] and aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire. In his first Christmas Message (1932), King George V characterised the service as intended for "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only ...
The World Today was an early morning news and current affairs radio programme on the BBC World Service, launched in 1999, and broadcast from 3:00 to 8:30 (GMT) daily as of 2011. It consisted of news bulletins on the hour and half-hour, serious international interviews and in-depth reports of world news.
Outside Europe, BBC World Service Television was the name of the 24-hour news, information and current affairs service, launched in Asia on 14 October 1991 as carried by Star TV, and also available from Turkey to South Korea on AsiaSat. [2]
The first episode of the show was broadcast on the BBC World Service on 6 April 2008. It has been broadcast every week since then. The Forum was founded by Emily Kasriel, who was the program's Executive Producer for the show's first four years and occasionally presented it, as well as painting illustrations for The Forum's website. [2] [3] [4]
Newshour is BBC World Service's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, which is broadcast twice daily: weekdays at 1400, weekends at 1300 and nightly at 2100 (UK time). There is also an additional online programme at 20:00 on weekdays.
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The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences in the UK and around the world.". [1] As well as interviews with leading figures from the arts, culture and entertainment. The World Today is the BBC's flagship international news programme. [2]
Stumped can be heard across the weekend on all three radio partners: at 00:30 GMT Saturday on the BBC World Service, at 11:30 IST on AIR FM Rainbow, and at 11:30 AEDST Sunday on ABC NewsRadio. The show can also be downloaded as a podcast from 01:00 GMT Saturday, immediately after its broadcast on the World Service.