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The BBC continues to cut back on worldwide services
In an effort to continue to chop the budget, the BBC is closing five of their worldwide services, including one that has been in operation since 1941. The BBC's Mandarin Service, targeting China, will be one of the closures, ending a service started during World War II when most of China was occupied by Japanese Imperial forces.
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Moscow talk host fired for his "Hitler" comparison
A talk show host for Vesti-FM in Moscow, Russia has been fired for on-air comments, which compared St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko to Adolf Hitler.
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SOMALIA: The African Union Mission in Somalia has formally apologized for an incident Monday when one of their peacekeeping forces tanks rammed the building housing independent Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu, calling it accidental and promising to make all repairs ... SPAIN: Former Columbia Radio Caricol & La Mega director Alejandro Nieto Molina is na…
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AUSTRALIA: For the 88th consecutive ratings period, Austereo-owned Mix 94.5 remains the top-rated radio station in Perth. You can listen to Mix 94.5 here … Austereo was also tops in Sydney, with 2Day-FM as the top music station, while talk 2GM was the top AM station in the market … SUDAN: The offices of Radio Dabanga in Khartoum were raided by gove…
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PHILIPPINES: Police arrested five men involved in cattle-rustling for the murder of former Radyo Natin-Kalinga news anchor Jose Daguio. Police believe he may have been murdered because he knew of the men’s criminal activities … DUBAI: The BBC has stopped broadcasting its World Service radio station in the Emirate on 87.9 FM due to a license iss…
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CANADA: CHBE-FM (107.3) Victoria, BC’s afternoon drive host Scott McGregor is leaving June 25th, citing personal reasons, says Northwest Broadcasters … Rogers Digital Media is launching a new iPhone app for all of its 52 radio stations … ENGLAND: GMG Radio has applied to broadcast regulator OFCOM to change its requirement to play 45 hours of Sm… Read More
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CANADA: Corus in Winnipeg cuts CJGV (99.1) “Groove FM” MD/PM Drive DJ Roxane Gagne and CJKR-FM (97.5) evening host Devon Zelmer for budget reasons, cites Milkman UnLimited … ENGLAND: TalkSPORT owner UTV Media predicts a 13% revenue increase from their radio division due to ads from the upcoming World Cup … RUSSIA: A Moscow court dismisse… Read More
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AUSTRALIA: A Nova 93.7 DJ has lost his job after word leaked that the station’s song contest and $10,000 grand prize was rigged. The government agency is now investigating to see if any laws were broken … HONG KONG: Private station Commercial Radio will air a series of radio shows by the main pro-Beijing political party, drawing the ire of th… Read More
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RUSSIA: NewsCorp will sell their Nashe Radio, with branches in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Best FM and Ultra-FM to Russian Senator Vitaly Bogdanov for an undisclosed price, says the Moscow Times … UKRAINE: Volodymyr Manzhosov was elected head of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council … SCOTLAND: The April Fool’s stunt getting the … Read More
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BANGLADESH: The lead management team of Radio Today (89.6) in Dhaka quit en masse over the weekend, protesting against “intervention by the GM into newsroom affairs” … NIGERIA: Police in Lagos, acting on a tip, uncovered two objects suspected to be bombs inside the studios of the Edo State Broadcasting Service. Both were defused … PHILIPPIN… Read More
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RUSSIA: The grandson of Josef Stalin filed a lawsuit against Moscow radio station Ekho Moskvy, claiming the station disrespected his family following comments made during an October show. He’s seeking $326,500 in damages … SUDAN: Catholic Radio station Bakhita FM Radio reports police stormed their offices and seriously injured a female reporter, … Read More
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CANADA: Montreal’s CJWI-AM was approved to move their signal from 1610 to 1410AM, with an upgrade in power from 1,000 to 10,000 watts day & night – Discuss it … SIERRA LEONE: Radio Kolenten reporter Gibril Gottor was violently beaten by a group of men, stripping him naked in a town where he had gone to investigate smuggling allegations … SO… Read More
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Snjezana Pelivan has filed a discrimination lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights, saying the nation failed to protect her rights when she was fired without notice or cause and received no severance pay … BRAZIL: The government is granting tax breaks for 4,000 radio & TV stat… Read More
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UGANDA: Four radio stations remain shut down under orders of the government, and all political shows are canceled following riots that have killed over 20 people … MONTENEGRO: Police detained Korona radio reporter Dusan Vujovic, claiming he broadcast a false report about an alleged serial killer that did not exist … RUSSIA: The nation’s mass com… Read More
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AFGHANISTAN: After spending over $17 million on a radio station set up by England, it’s being shut down after it was discovered the company given the job to “win the hearts & minds” of the Afghan people was backed by Iran … ENGLAND: BBC Radio 4’s Geoffrey Smith, who appeared on Gardeners' Question Time for 20 years and was considered on… Read More
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IRAN: Reports say the Iranian government has blocked access to the websites of Radio France International & Germany’s Deutsche Welle Radio, along with Persian BBC Radio, declaring them “a threat to national security” … RUSSIA: The editor of Ekho Moskvy Radio found an ax embedded in a piece of timber outside his Moscow apartment door, an a… Read More
