With the end of BBC Arabic radio, people around the world are losing a trusted — and affordable — source of news, says Hosam Sokkari. Sokkari, a media consultant, is the former head of BBC Arabic, ...
The BBC’s Arabic Radio aired its last broadcast Friday, ending 85 years of programming on the network’s first foreign-language service — one depended on by millions of listeners. The broadcaster cut ...
The BBC‘s Arabic radio service went off the air for the final time on Friday after 85 years of broadcasting. The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September as part ...
While a significant amount of radio listening by Arabic-speakers to the BBC is via shortwave and medium wave, BBC Arabic is increasingly available on FM across the region. There are currently 24-hour ...
KUWAIT - Mere hours separate the Arab world from the end of an era, from hearing the very last bang of Big Ben followed by the words, "Huna London" or "This is London", as 85 years of Arab generations ...
Arabic speaking Australians will have access to news and information in Arabic 24/7 as part of a new SBS initiative to deliver more in depth coverage of the local and global issues: Arabic24. On 7 ...
The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi. By Maya King The BBC’s ...
BBC Arabic Radio has gone off air since Friday after 85 years of broadcasting as part of a plan to cut costs and focus on digital programming. The corporation said it is cutting hundreds of jobs in ...
After 85 years of broadcasting, the curtain closes this afternoon on BBC Arabic radio with a series of programmes telling stories from the station's glorious past and excerpts from interviews with ...
BBC's first foreign language service - BBC Arabic Radio - on Friday formally ceased operations, signalling the end of an era for most of its Arabic-speaking listeners. Ending the broadcast after 85 ...