#bbc-world-service — Public Fediverse posts

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of BBC Afrique (May 10, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-bbc-afrique-may-10-2026/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

'AI psychosis': Spiralling into delusion using AI on ChatGPT & XAI - #BBCWorldService

https://youtube.com/watch?v=arx-sqtggdU&si=Wzy2hIxIcSa6gQpW

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of the BBC Emergency Radio Service (April 30, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-the-bbc-emergency-radio-service-april-30-2026/

#BBCEmergencyRadioService #BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of BBC’s Emergency Radio Service (April 29, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-bbcs-emergency-radio-service-april-29-2026/

#BBCEmergencyRadioService #BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #EmergencyRadio #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of BBC’s Emergency Radio Service (April 28, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-bbcs-emergency-radio-service-april-28-2026/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of the BBC Emergency Radio Service (April 27, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-the-bbc-emergency-radio-service-april-27-2026/

#BBC #BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

BBC’S Emergency Radio Service

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbcs-emergency-radio-service/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff

DUPLICATE – Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Vatican Radio & BBC (April 15, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/duplicate-carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-vatican-radio-bbc-april-15-2026/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio

BBC Interval Signals – Then and Now

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bbc-interval-signals-then-and-now/

#BBCWorldService #BBCWorldServiceIntervalSignals #DanGreenall #IntervalSignals #Nostalgia #RadioHistory #ShortwaveRadio

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report Special Edition: Africa (PDF)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/03/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-special-edition-africa-pdf/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #RadioELWA #RadioFranceInternational #RadioMali #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio #VaticanRadio

HFCC A26 Transmission and Programme schedules / BBC World Service’s Internet Focus “backfires”

The HFCC have published their global B25 A26 shortwave plan, taking effect mostly on March 29 (with some likely exceptions in North America). The organization says it seeks to eliminate "inaccuracies and ‘reserve’ frequency requirements from the global schedule database".

The HFCC global shortwave plans are among the most meaningful reference points to find or identify broadcasts on shortwave, arguably along with Eibi Space, and the BDXC’s frequently updated DX Guides.

While shortwave usage is indeed shrinking, international broadcasters may sometimes jump to premature conclusions. Recent reports suggest that the BBC World Service’s shift to online media has "backfired". Shortwave isn’t mentioned in particular here, but the BBC had been warned:

As transmitters can’t go on strike or lobby politicians, they can be cut with the promise of the internet. There are many pros for internet services and streaming in general, such as ease of implementation, low running costs and less need for specialized technical staff,

RedTech’s Ruxandra Obreja wrote in February 2023, adding that

However, the most important attribute of shortwave, beyond its free availability, is the anonymity it offers listeners. This may not be so important in, say, Britain or the United States, but it is significant in authoritarian states like China or Myanmar. The truth is that millions of people still rely on free-to-air radio in the car or at home for news, information, entertainment, education and the increasingly essential emergency warnings.

There may be a bit of a silver lining now, for the BBC:

[t]he BBC World Service will see funding increased by an additional £33 million over the next three years, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper

was expected to confirm last week, according to the "Independent".

After decades of BBC-bashing by Labour and Tories alike, March 2026 seems to become BBC appreciation month.

Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of BBC (March 13, 2026)

https://swling.com/blog/2026/03/carlos-illustrated-radio-listening-report-and-recording-of-bbc-march-13-2026/

#BBCWorldService #CarlosLatuff #ShortwaveArt #ShortwaveRadio

MPs 'deeply troubled' by BBC World Service funding uncertainty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l76581d0ro
#BBCWorldService SOS

BBC World Service funding freeze risks ‘opening door to hostile states’, MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/13/bbc-world-service-funding-freeze-risks-opening-door-to-hostile-states-mps-say #BbcWorldService #RadioIndustry #Media #Bbc #Politics #UkNews

BBC World Service’s Emergency Radio Programme for Iran

https://swling.com/blog/2026/03/bbc-world-services-emergency-radio-programme-for-iran/

#BBCWorldService #Iran #RichardCuff

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/116069319318124042

Current lead story on #BBCWorldService -
"Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin and it is not found naturally in Russia."
#Navalny

V guardian opinion:
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-bbc-world-service-this-is-london-calling?CMP=share_btn_url

With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
#BBCWorldService

Tim Davie Warns of Funding Cliff for the BBC World Service

https://swling.com/blog/2026/02/tim-davie-warns-of-funding-cliff-for-the-bbc-world-service/

#BBCWorldService #InternationalBroadcasting #MarkHirst

#NotTheOnion, but #BBCWorldService : "President Trump has written to the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, saying that as he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize he no longer feels obliged "to think purely of peace"

https://mastodon.top/@[email protected]st/115921108106715043

From the #BBCWorldService bulletin:
President Trump has written to the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, saying that as he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize he no longer feels obliged "to think purely of peace". (Cont.)

‘Farage urges Bank of England boss to stop bond sales’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vz1q5k62eo.amp It’s easy to blame the bond markets, to distract from the corruption, excess, exceptionalism and Empire’s programme of ecocide; the theft and destruction of other’s resources does not equal sustainable growth! #UnsustainbleWars #UnsustainableExcess
#VassalNations #WesternExtremism
Bonds: has the debt become too big?
#BBCWorldService
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6s7v