Tuesday, March 18, 2008

BBC World Service changes in South and Southeast Asia


BBC World Service shortwave transmissions to East and South-East Asia will be reduced on 30th March 2008. Many listeners around the world no longer listen via shortwave and are
choosing instead to listen to radio on other platforms including FM, satellite and online.

To ensure the BBC can invest in these and other platforms it is necessary to reduce shortwave provision, while keeping our programmes available at the key listening times for radio - in the morning and the evening. Shortwave transmission will therefore cease between 10am and 5pm local time and midnight and 2 am local time.

For details on BBC program times where you are, please follow the links below:

East Asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2007/12/071203_eastasia.shtml

South-East Asia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2007/12/071203_southeastasia.shtml
(Source: BBC website & Alokesh Gupta, India)