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 ...

BBC Arabic Radio has gone off air since Friday after 85 years of broadcasting as part of a plan to cut costs and focus on digital programming. The corporation said it is cutting hundreds of jobs in ...

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 ...

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 ...

SBS is set to launch a new 24-hour, Arabic-language radio channel. Those behind the new service say they hope it will promote social cohesion and be an important source of information for ...

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 ...

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 ...

As UNESCO marks 'World Radio Day' on 13th February, celebrating the world's most universally accessible media platform*, SBS Arabic24 speaks to Iraq-based Hasansham camp where Radio is not just a ...

After 85 years of broadcasting, the curtain closes this afternoon on BBC Arabic radio with a series of programmes telling stories from the station's glorious past and excerpts from interviews with ...

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 ...