The BBC’s Arabic Radio aired its last broadcast Friday, ending 85 years of programming on the network’s first foreign-language service — one depended on by millions of listeners. The broadcaster cut ...

The BBC’s first foreign-language service, BBC Arabic Radio, has gone off the air after more than eight decades of broadcasting. The shutdown of BBC Arabic Radio is part of a broader restructuring at ...

The BBC‘s Arabic radio service went off the air for the final time on Friday after 85 years of broadcasting. The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September as part ...

While a significant amount of radio listening by Arabic-speakers to the BBC is via shortwave and medium wave, BBC Arabic is increasingly available on FM across the region. There are currently 24-hour ...

Before delving into why the most famous Arabic-speaking foreign radio station shut down, let us look at why the British government established it in the first place back in 1938. Why did the network ...

BBC Arabic is the BBC's integrated news and information service for the Arab world. It is available on air and on-demand 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is designed to reach audiences on radio, ...

The local media council said Arabic programming would add to the diversity of radio offerings in the German capital. Arabic speakers from more than 20 countries live in Berlin. Berlin's first ...

The Second Authority for Television and Radio approved Tuesday the tender for the creation of two new radio stations to serve the Arabic-speaking population. There is currently only one radio station ...

On January 3, 1938, the BBC’s first ever foreign language radio station – BBC Arabic – made its inaugural broadcast. The station was launched in almost direct response to Radio Bari, the Arabic ...

Arabic was one of the first languages to go on air on SBS Radio in 1975 and since the,n the community continues to face challenges both here and overseas. It's an early start for SBS Radio's Arabic ...

Those behind the new service say they hope it will promote social cohesion and be an important source of information for Arabic-speaking migrants settling in Australia. Arabic is one of the most ...

The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi. By Maya King The BBC’s ...