Wednesday, October 17, 2007

BBC celebrates 75 years on the air

75 Years --- In December, BBC World Service celebrates 75 years on air and this week we're launching the first series of our anniversary season. Every day for 75 days we'll be broadcasting special one-minute features in selected editions of our news and current affairs programmes. They'll include archive recordings from each of the 75 years and cover innovations in broadcasting, changing styles in reporting and some of the unforgettable moments from radio and television which bring 20th-century history to lifeThe series begins in 1932 with Director General Lord Reith's somewhatrestrained launch of what was known then as the Empire Service.From 4 October - programme times (GMT) - at approximately 18 or 20 minutes past the hour in the programmes listed below; 27 minutes past in editions marked *: Monday to Friday : World Briefing: 0100, 1500*, 1800, 2100; The World Today: 0300, 0700, 2300; World Update: 0900; Newshour: 1200, 2000 Saturday and Sunday : World Briefing: 0100, 0900*, 1700*, 1800, 2200; The World Today: 0300, 0700, 2300; Newshour: 1200, 2000.
(via Paul Gager, Austria)
(Source: WWDX Club - DX Magazine, Oct. 2007)