The Octogenarian BBC

[Darth_vader]

Heard about it this morning on "BBC World News" via KOPB. Didn't realise they've been on the air for 80 years now!

And that they'd been in their current location at the Bush House since 1940....

 

[kenglish]

Tons of coverage, starting here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/indepth/80th_anniversary.shtml

 

[Kent T]

Auntie Beeb is a very conservative organisation. Though Auntie is modernising.

 

[Darth_vader]

"In 2012 BBC World Service is moving back to Broadcasting House after 71 years, to a state-of-the-art newsroom. BBC World Service journalists will be located with the rest of the BBC family-with online and TV colleagues-to put international news at the heart of the BBC's output."

Hmmm, wonder if this means we'll also get our otherwise long-absent BBCWS shortwave service back?

(I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.)

[size=8pt]Hey, look at that, 1 337 posts. I'm one of the l33t p0st0rz now. ;o)

 

[KeithE4]

"In 2012 BBC World Service is moving back to Broadcasting House after 71 years, to a state-of-the-art newsroom. BBC World Service journalists will be located with the rest of the BBC family-with online and TV colleagues-to put international news at the heart of the BBC's output."

Hmmm, wonder if this means we'll also get our otherwise long-absent BBCWS shortwave service back?

(I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.)

In a word, no. Shortwave broadcasting is dead outside of those (mostly religious) stations targeting Africa and Asia, where an audience still exists. Besides, you can't turn on your local NPR FM station and listen in the wee hours of the morning? ;D

 

[kc1ih]

And many NPR affiliated stations have BBCWS 24/7 on an HD subchannel.

 

[BMR]

"In 2012 BBC World Service is moving back to Broadcasting House after 71 years, to a state-of-the-art newsroom. BBC World Service journalists will be located with the rest of the BBC family-with online and TV colleagues-to put international news at the heart of the BBC's output."

Hmmm, wonder if this means we'll also get our otherwise long-absent BBCWS shortwave service back?

(I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.)

[size=8pt]Hey, look at that, 1 337 posts. I'm one of the l33t p0st0rz now. ;o)

No chance of the BBC (re)expanding it's shortwave coverage. They have been put on a serious financial diet by the government.

You'll have to make do with this little bit of shortwave nostalgia http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17155441

 

[Darth_vader]

"And many NPR affiliated stations have BBCWS 24/7 on an HD subchannel."

Are you kidding? OPB'd just as soon dedicate a whole Ibiquity channel to crappy local acoustic pop and Emo poetry, than give us something useful like a 24-hour BBC feed!

Well, I guess I can keep hoping......