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Operation. The BBC World Service is located in Broadcasting House, London. The Service broadcasts from Broadcasting House in London, which is also headquarters of the corporation. It is located in the newer parts of the building, which contains radio and television studios for use by the overseas language services.
Employer. BBC. Known for. creating BBC 100 Women. Liliane Landor (born 1956) is a Lebanese -born British journalist and broadcasting executive who works (as of 2021) as the Director of the BBC World Service. [1] She worked for the BBC from 1989 to mid-2016, becoming controller for languages at the Service, where she was responsible for radio ...
Newshour. 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. Occasionally the programme can run for three hours during major breaking ...
BBC Mundo. On 10 October 2005, the BBC Latin American Service officially changed its name to BBC Mundo, the BBC's service for the Spanish-speaking world. It is part of BBC World Service. The website offers news, information, and analysis in text, audio, and video. BBC Mundo has its headquarters on the fifth floor of the BBC's New Broadcasting ...
November – The Empire Service is renamed the BBC Overseas Service. 1939. 14 May – Afrikaans language programming begins. 4 June – Portuguese for Africa programming begins. 5 September – Hungarian language programming begins. 7 September – Following the outbreak of World War II, the BBC launches its BBC Polish Section.
Newsday is BBC World Service 's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012. [2] It replaced The World Today and Network Africa, the programme that had a particular ...
The Forum, the BBC World Service 's flagship discussion programme, brings together prominent thinkers from different disciplines and different parts of the world with the aim of creating stimulating discussion informed by highly distinct academic, artistic, and cultural perspectives. The World Service broadcasts the programme on Saturdays at ...
Original release. 4 July 1966. Website. Outlook. Podcast. Outlook Podcast Archives (2006-2016) Outlook is a radio programme on BBC World Service that broadcasts human interest stories from across the globe. [1] It broadcasts from Monday to Friday from 1206 to 1259 GMT .