 |
| photo via BBC |
ANTARCTICA / U.K.
The annual midwinter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey staff in Antarctica will be broadcast on Saturday, 21 June.
Tune in Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 2130-2200 UTC, the BBC World Service will broadcast its annual midwinter broadcast to Antarctica for British Survey (BAS) staff stationed at UK bases during the southern hemisphere's midwinter day. In 2024, the broadcast was transmitted on 9585 and 11685 via Woofferton, UK, and 9870 from the Ascension Island relay.
A slightly shorter version will be carried the same day from 1832-1900 UTC on BBC World Service English streams online as well as via DAB in the UK.
This special 70th Anniversary broadcast, unlike anything else in the BBC World Service, is dedicated to the BAS teams overwintering in Antarctica. Programming features messages from family and friends at home, along with music requests from the station in Antarctica. As the BBC notes, "For decades it has been part of the traditional midwinter celebration."
Test broadcasts were recently observed on June 14, 2025, at 2030 UTC as:
5960 kHz - UAE
9575 kHz - Ascension
12065 Woofferton UK
13810 kHz - Woofferton UK
BBC may use these frequencies on Saturday.:
Additional information is available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7zyv
(The Spectrum Monitor-Bits & Bytes June 2025/WWDXC Top Nx 1621/19 Jun 2025)
