BBC to end English SW transmissions to Europe

Radio Frequencies


Shortwave changes for Europe - February 2008
All remaining BBC World Service shortwave transmissions to Europe will close on 18th February 2008.
This will be a loss to some listeners, but there are alternative ways of hearing BBC programmes.
This change is being made in line with listener trends in radio. Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen to radio on a range of other platforms.
For more information about other ways to listen, please follow the link: Europe
Frequency chart with transmitter details for this region

FREQUENCIES: SOUTHERN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA(Europe programmes) All Times GMT

From To Days Frequency (kHz)
05:00 08:00 Daily 6195
06:00 08:00 Daily 9410
07:00 10:00 Daily 12095
14:00 17:00 Sat. only 9410
16:00 18:00 Daily 9410, 11665*
18:00 20:00 Daily 5875
18:00 22:00 Daily 6195

*West Africa programmes

BBC World Service 75th anniversary

The Big Link Up
Wednesday 19 December
Throughout the day BBC WORLD SERVICE
BBC World Service celebrates its 75th birthday today with live outside
broadcasts throughout the day, linking audiences around the world in a
global debate on freedom of the media. The debate echoes the themes of
programming in the World Service's Free To Speak season that has
marked the anniversary over recent days.

Linked outside broadcasts spread across the world – in East Asia, from
Mongolia to Australia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa and the
Americas from North through Central America to the South – mark the
actual date of the World Service's launch 75 years ago. Regional
link-ups featuring panels of experts and audiences interact with
internet cafés, local radio stations, newsrooms and other meeting
places around the globe.

"We want to reach right around the world and use the new ways people
are communicating with each other to do this," says season
commissioner Sara Beck. "Connecting with people in places we don't
always report from will give us the chance to dissect the world
afresh, to look at how the globe is being reshaped by technology.
We'll also explore new frameworks for freedom of expression, the
effects of competition and the challenges of these new responsibilities."
Presenter/Various, Producers/Various
BBC World Service Publicity

The link about the Big Link up program is here

The great lady of SWL has been a major force in SW broadcast history

One shining example is the BBC broadcasting during the genocide in Rwanda

Broadcasting during the attack on the WTC 9/11/2001

Even Gorbachev has admitted to listening to the BBC during an August 1991 coup on his government

and one of things I think about when I listen to the BBC is the fact that the Beriut hostages in the 80's listened to the BBC

Happy Birthday to you BBC World Service!

73, Jack K4SAC

Voice of Russia marks 78 years of SW broadcasts externally

The voice of Russia is marking its 78th anniversary on its website, The Voice of Russia

The Voice of Russia started its external broadcasts on 29 Oct 1929 in German.

SWL CORNER

For SWL's there is a forum that is hosted by NW7US. The forum is located at http://hfradio.org/forums/

There are a lot of different topics discussed there.

Check it out......

SWL pick of the week

There are many SWL pages out there on the internet, but Riding the Radio Waves' pick of the week is the SWL web page of NW7US Tomas.

Tomas has a web site called the shortwave radio listening resource center and it is located at
http://shortwave.hfradio.org/

It has a lot of resources that SWLs can use and appreciate.