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BBC Urdu ( Urdu: بی بی سی اردو) is a digital television station covering the Indian subcontinent in the Urdu language. [1] It was the Urdu language station of the BBC World Service, accompanied by its website, which served as a news portal and provided online access to radio broadcasts. The radio service was broadcast from ...
Raza Ali Abidi ( Urdu: رضا علی عابدی; born 30 November 1935) is a Pakistani journalist and broadcaster who is best known for his radio documentaries on the Grand Trunk Road in Pakistan (called Sher Shah Suri Marg in India) and his travelogue along the banks of Indus River. His published works include several collections of cultural ...
BBC Radio 3: Classical music, jazz, world music, arts, culture and drama. BBC Radio 4: Spoken-word programming, news, current affairs, drama, comedy and philosophy. Yes BBC Radio 4 Extra: Archive programming. No No Yes BBC Radio 5 Live: News, current affairs, discussion and sport. Yes BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra: Additional sports coverage. No Yes ...
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, state media Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Liliane Landor Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC Webcast ...
BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4, as well as solely for BBC Sounds. The BBC has over 5,500 journalists based both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Radio. The BBC Urdu service began its radio service back in 1940, when it was known as 'BBC Hindustani', launched to mitigate wartime misinformation. Following the Partition of India, it was renamed to 'BBC Urdu', and continued until 2022 after which it was discontinued. Many other radio stations in Urdu are broadcast throughout the UK.
Durdana Ansari. Durdana Ansari OBE (born 1 March 1960) [2] [3] is a British entrepreneur, public speaker and activist for female empowerment. [4] She is a former charity director, journalist, presenter and producer at the BBC World Service. [5]
4 April – BBC Radio's sports coverage transfers from BBC Radio 3 to BBC Radio 2. 14 September – Robert Dougall presents the first edition of the BBC Nine O'Clock News. The programme, launched in response to ITN's News at Ten, was controversially moved to 10 pm in 2000. 1971. The BBC logo's boxes rounds off the corners and increases the spaces.