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BBC policy for breaking news[25] has a priority list. With domestic news, the correspondent first records a "generic minute" summary (for use by all stations and channels) and then priority is to report on Radio 5 Live, then on BBC News and onto any other programmes that are on air. For foreign news, first a "generic minute" is recorded, then reports are to World Service radio, then the reporter talks to any other programmes that are on air.

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Range of languages

History of BBC World Service Language Broadcasting Services (sorted by language)[26][27][28]

Language Start Date Close Date Restart Date
Afrikaans 14 May 1939 8 September 1957 -
Albanian 12 November 1940 20 January 1967 20 February 1993
Arabic 3 January 1938 - -
Azeri 30 November 1994 BBC Azeri - -
Belgian French & Belgian Dutch 28 September 1940 30 March 1952 -
Bengali 10 November 1941 BBC Bengali - -
Bulgarian 7 February 1940 23 December 2005 -
Burmese 2 September 1940 BBC Burmese in English. - -
Croatian 29 September 1991 31 January 2006 -
Chinese-Cantonese 5 May 1941 - -
Chinese-Hokkien 1 October 1942 7 February 1948 -
Chinese-Mandarin 5 May 1941 - -
Czech 31 December 1939 28 February 2006 -
Danish 9 April 1940 10 August 1957 -
Dutch 11 April 1940 10 August 1957 -
Dutch for Indonesia 28 August 1944 2 April 1945, 13 May 1951 25 May 1946
English 25 December 1936 BBC English - -
English (Caribbean) 25 December 1976 BBC Caribbean - -
Finnish 18 March 1940 31 March 1997 -
French for Africa 20 June 1960 BBC French - -
French for Canada 2 November 1942 8 May 1980 -
French for Europe 27 September 1938 31 March 1995 -
French for South-East Asia 28 August 1944 3 April 1955 -
German 27 September 1938 30 March 1999 -
German for Austria 29 March 1943 15 September 1957 -
Greek[29] 30 September 1939 31 December 2005 -
Greek for Cyprus 16 September 1940 3 June 1951 -
Gujarati 1 March 1942 3 September 1944 -
Hausa 13 March 1957 - -
Hebrew 30 October 1949 28 October 1968 -
Hindi 11 May 1940 BBC Hindi - -
Hungarian 5 September 1939 31 December 2005 -
Icelandic 1 December 1940 26 June 1944 -
Italian 27 September 1938 31 December 1981 -
Indonesian 30 October 1949 BBC Indonesian - -
Japanese 4 July 1943 31 March 1991 -
Kazakh 1 April 1995 16 December 2005 -
Kinyarwanda 8 September 1994 BBC KinyarwandaPartly in English - -
Kyrgyz 1 April 1995 BBC Kyrgyz - -
Luxembourgish 29 May 1943 30 May 1952 -
Macedonia 6 January 1996 BBC Macedonian - -
Malay 2 May 1941 31 March 1991 -
Maltese 10 August 1940 31 December 1981 -
Marathi 1 March 1942 3 September 1944, 25 December 1958 31 December 1944
Nepali 7 June 1969 - -
Norwegian 9 April 1940 10 August 1957 -
Pashto 15 August 1981 - -
Persian 28 December 1940 BBC Persian - -
Polish 7 August 1939 23 December 2005 -
Portuguese for Africa 4 June 1939 - -
Portuguese-Brasil 14 March 1938 BBC Portuguese - -
Portuguese for Europe 4 June 1939 10 August 1957 -
Romanian 15 September 1939 BBC Romanian - -
Russian language (BBC Russian Service) 7 October 1942 26 May 1943 24 March 1946
Serbian 29 September 1991 BBC Serbian - -
Sinhala 10 March 1942 30 March 1976 11 March 1990
Slovak 31 December 1941 31 December 2005 -
Slovenian 22 April 1941 23 December 2005 -
Somali 18 July 1957 - -
Spanish for the Americas 14 March 1938 - -
Swahili 27 June 1957 - -
Swedish 1941 4 March 1961 -
Tamil 3 May 1941 - -
Thai 27 April 1941 5 March 1960, 13 January 2006 3 June 1962
Turkish 20 November 1939 BBC Turkish - -
Ukrainian 1 June 1992 - -
Urdu 3 April 1949 BBC Urdu - -
Uzbek 30 November 1994 BBC Uzbek - -
Vietnamese 6 February 1952 - -
Welsh (to Patagonia) 1945 1946 -
Yugoslav (Serbo-Croatian) 15 September 1939 28 September 1991 -

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See also

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References

  1. ^ BBC's global news audiences reach record 233m. BBC.
  2. ^ BBC World Service (BBCWS), The UK's Voice around the World. BBC.
  3. ^ BBC World Service (BBCWS), The UK's Voice around the World. BBC.
  4. ^ Analysis: BBC's voice in Europe Jan Repa, BBC News Online: 25 October 2005
  5. ^ Historic moments from the 1930s: 1932 - The Empire Service is founded, from the BBC World Service website
  6. ^ Transcribed from recording on World Service 75th Anniversary DVD; full extract transmitted as part of opening program - the Reith Global Debate - of the 'Free to Speak' 75th anniversary season
  7. ^ The authoritative source on the BBC's German Service is Carl Brinitzer's book "Hier spricht London". Brinitzer, a German lawyer from Hamburg living in exile in London, was a founding member.
  8. ^ BBC East Europe voices silenced BBC News Online: 21 December 2005
  9. ^ "Annual Review 2004/2005", BBC News, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-05-22. 
  10. ^ The BBC's alleged kowtow. Economist.com Jul 19th 2007. http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9500528
  11. ^ 2007 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Annual Report, the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee, November 2007 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfaff.htm
  12. ^ BBCHindi.com BBC Hindi.com
  13. ^ BBC East Europe voices silenced BBC News Online: 21 December 2005
  14. ^ Pages 1-136 from BBC AR Cover 03
  15. ^ BBC World Service | FAQ
  16. ^ Save the BBC World Service in North America and the Pacific! - BBC to Cut Off 1.2 Million Listeners on July 1
  17. ^ XM Satellite Radio (1999-07-26). "BBC WORLD SERVICE AND XM ANNOUNCE PROGRAMMING ALLIANCE". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
  18. ^ FAQ | World Service
  19. ^ BBC - Press Office - Falkland Islands and BBC to boost home-grown media
  20. ^ BBC Launches DRM Service In Europe. BBC World Service (2005-09-07). Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
  21. ^ BBC World Service. "Shortwave changes for Europe February 2008" http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/help/2008/02/080208_sw_changes_euro.shtml
  22. ^ BBC World Service - Help and FAQs - Shortwave reductions
  23. ^ BBC World Service - Help and FAQs - Shortwave changes for Europe
  24. ^ The author's experience when the person was in Canterbury, UK in August 2007. The device used for the shortwave reception was the Sony ICF-SW22 (Japanese-made).
  25. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality_business/f2_news_submission.txt. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
  26. ^ 75 Years - BBC World Service | Multi-lingual audio | BBC World Service
  27. ^ History of International Broadcasting (IEEE), Volume I.
  28. ^ BBC World Service | Languages
  29. ^ BBCGreek.com | Archive | Greek Archive index

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