WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Weekly Top News

Falklands" programme this evening 2130-2145 UTC on 11720 kHz (via
Rampisham). Very poor fluttery reception here at first, but improved
slightly after 2135 when a report from a BBCWS correspondent in Buenos
Aires was in progress. This was followed by reflections from previous
presenters and producers of "Calling the Falklands" since 1982. The
presenter closed by saying that she was signing off for the last time, but
that "the final good-bye from all of us at BBC World Service" would be on
Friday [i.e. 2130-2145 on 11720].
(Dave Kenny-UK, BrDXC-UK Mar 29)
Additional txion for BBC in Russian:
1400-1630 on 9635 CYP 300 kW / 328 deg*
11845 CYP 250 kW / 007 deg
13690 RMP 500 kW / 062 deg
15245 WOF 250 kW / 070 deg
* from 1600-1630 CYP 250 kW / 007 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX Mar 31)
Falkslands BBC radio shows finishs.
BBC radio programme Calling the Falklands has been broadcast for the last
time after 62 years.
The twice-weekly show provided a round-up of nx and personal messages to
the remote South Atlantic islands.
The programme broke numerous stories during the conflict that followed
Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982.
The final 15-minute show was broadcast on Friday, a month after the BBC
revealed the show was to end.
During that war, presenter Peter King ended each show with the phrase
"Keep Your Heads Down and Your Hearts High".
Since the war, British prime ministers have recorded a regular Christmas
message to the Falkland islands.
After it emerged that the programme was to end, the director of BBC World
Service, Nigel Chapman, said a new agreement between the BBC and the
Falklands would help development of media on the islands.
"This new agreement builds on the strong historical ties between the BBC
and the Falkland Islands' broadcasting sector," he said.
"We believe this agreement will better serve Islanders in the multi-media
age and will help speed the Falkland Islands Radio Service's growing
maturity as a vital home-grown element in the wide ranging Falklands'
media sector."
Under the agreement, the BBC will continue to supply BBC World Service
programming, free of charge, for rebroadcast by the Falkland Islands Radio
Service (FIRS).
(Mike Terry-UK, via BrDXC-UK Apr 1)
11720 2130-2145 12S,13,14,15,16 RMP 500 209 3=Tue 6=Fri 2603-291006 BBC
MER
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