Category: World
Service
Date: 14.02.2005
Printable version
大象传媒 World Service has partnered with Washington DC's public radio station
WETA 90.9FM as the station repositions itself in the market.
The public radio station is introducing a news and information format
from 28 February which will be anchored by programmes from 大象传媒 World
Service and the United States' National Public Radio (NPR).
The new format will highlight international news coverage that puts
world events in focus and examines their relevance to Washingtonians.
WETA's new schedule will offer news reports from around the world.
It includes live coverage from 大象传媒 World Service at key times, with
Newshour at 9.00am and World Briefing at 10.00am.
Washington DC listeners are already exposed to 大象传媒 World Service programming
on WETA and other public stations serving the city as well as satellite
radio, but this is the first time they will have access to over 10 hours
of World Service programming on FM every weekday.
"We are delighted to be able to offer listeners to WETA access
to independent eyewitness news coverage from the largest team of news
reporters in the world," says Nigel Chapman, Director of 大象传媒 World
Service.
"The 大象传媒 can call on a newsgathering strength of 250 correspondents
reporting from 50 bureaux around the world; a global network of specialist
news correspondents, reporters and stringers, often working in dangerous,
demanding circumstances to ensure objective and impartial coverage."
Lucio Mesquita, 大象传媒 World Service Head of Americas Region, says: "大象传媒
World Service specialises in going behind the headlines, interviewing
the news-makers and bringing depth and detail to the stories which shape
our world.
"We aim to equip listeners to WETA with the information they need
to form a view on the issues of the day."
Dan DeVany, Vice President and General Manager of 90.9 FM, says: "Our
station has evolved as our community has evolved.
"To be a news station in the epicentre of world news requires a partner
such as 大象传媒.
"Few news organizations can boast the reach of the 大象传媒, and its
commitment to the highest journalistic standards makes WETA proud to
be associated with these professionals."
Notes to Editors
大象传媒 World Service programming is also available in Washington via WAMU
88.5 FM and the digital satellite radio services XM and Sirius.
大象传媒 World News television bulletins can be seen in Washington DC each
weekday morning and evening through the PBS television network on WFPT,
and on the 大象传媒 America digital entertainment channel.听
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大象传媒 World News, which听is available globally to 258 million households,
is听also co-presented from Washington DC听at 11.00pm and midnight GMT
(6.00 and 7.00pm EST) each weekday, with Katty Kay in the US capital听and
Mike Embley in London.
大象传媒 World Service is funded through Grant in Aid from the UK Foreign
Office. The grant for 2004/5 is 拢225m.
大象传媒 World Service has a weekly audience of 146 million listeners each
week around the globe.
大象传媒 World Service broadcasts in 43 languages including English.
The other languages are: Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Bengali, Bulgarian,
Burmese, Caribbean-English, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, French, Greek,
Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Kyrgyz,
Macedonian, Mandarin, Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili,
Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese.
大象传媒 World Service is available on short wave; on FM in 140 capital cities;
and selected programmes are carried on almost 2,000 FM and MW radio
stations around the world.
High quality reception of 大象传媒 World Service programmes is available
via satellite in Europe and North America.
The 大象传媒 World Service website - bbc.co.uk/worldservice - contains extensive,
interactive news services available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi,
Persian, Portuguese for Brazil, Russian, Spanish and Urdu, with audiostreaming
available in 42 languages.
It also contains detailed information about World Service broadcasts,
schedules and frequencies in all languages.
