BBC on FM in the West Bank

Notes and media contacts

BBC Arabic is the leading international radio news service in Arabic and bbcarabic.com is the leading Arabic online news site. BBC Arabic broadcasts 24 hours a day, every day, with news on the hour, every hour. BBC Arabic broadcasts to the whole Arab world on short wave and through digital audio channels on the principal satellites covering the Arab world. In most of the eastern Arab world, BBC broadcasts are heard on medium wave, and in key cities the BBC is available on FM. The award-winning site bbcarabic.com also carries a live audio feed of BBC Arabic radio.

BBC World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages and is available on radio and online. It has a global audience of 146 million listeners. BBC World Service is available globally on short wave; on FM in 139 capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world. The BBC World Service websites receive around 280 million page impressions every month.

For more information contact:
Lala Najafova, International Publicist, BBC World Service
+44(0)207557 2944;