BBC World Service has changed its shortwave transmissions in some parts of the world, in line with listener trends in radio. Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and online, with fewer listening on shortwave.
Please note broadcasts in English to Eastern andCentral Europe on shortwave have stopped. English shortwave broadcasts to Southern Europe havebeen reduced to 12 hours a day and Arabic languageshortwave broadcasts to the Middle East have beenreduced to 14 hours.In both cases the shortwave listening times of earlymorning and evening have been retained. This will be a loss to some listeners but there are anumber of alternative ways of hearing BBC programmes. For more information on how these changes affectEurope and the Middle East, and information onalternative ways of listening, follow the relevant links at: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/index.shtml
(Source: Jaisakthivel Chennai, India)