New partner station, Radio Bethlehem 2000 on 89.6FM will soon be airing 12 hours a day of BBC programming, in Arabic and English.
The BBC Arabic service has over 13.5 million listeners in the Middle East and North Africa. Arabic speakers across the world can also tune in via the service's popular website, bbcarabic.com. In addition to short wave and medium wave, the BBC Arabic Service is already available on FM in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Sudan and UAE.
Head of BBC Africa and Middle East Region Jerry Timmins welcomed the partnership with Radio Bethlehem 2000: "We are very pleased to have reached agreement with Radio Bethlehem 2000. On the day that Yasser Arafat died, listeners in Bethlehem and across the West Bank area have been able to hear the news unfold from Ramallah to Paris and Cairo, live from the BBC. We continue to be intent on serving our listeners with programming which is in the very best traditions of the BBC."
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Posted by Christine H. Andersen, Assistant News EditorSaturday, November 13 - 2004 at 10:32 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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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;
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;
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