BBC
programmes to have wider reach in the south of Mexico
BBC
World Service's programmes in Spanish will now be heard on five
FM and AM frequencies right across Guerrero, in the south of Mexico,
thanks to an agreement between the BBC and the state company O.P.D.
Radio y Televisión de Guerrero.
BBC
programmes will be broadcast regularly on FM and AM from the main
areas of the Guerrero State: Acapulco (97.7FM), in the centre (870
AM) and the north (1310 AM) of the State as well as the Costa Chica
area (100 AM) and the Tierra Caliente area (820AM).
Each
of the five stations will carry BBC World Service's news, science,
music and cultural programmes.
The
agreement will be signed on Tuesday 24 September in Cuernavaca by
Director General of O.P.D. Radio y Televisión de Guerrero,
Lic. Patricia Toscana Suazo, and James Painter, Head of the Latin
American Section of BBC World Service.
O.P.D.
Radio y Televisión de Guerrero is a member of La Red Nacional
de Radiodifusoras y Televisoras Educativas y Culturales with whom
the BBC already has an agreement to broadcast four programmes.
This
new deal will enable the station to broadcast on five frequencies
a total of 25 hours a week of BBC programming.
"The
BBC is recognised throughout the world," says Patricia Toscana
Suazo.
"By
signing this agreement, our company will be guaranteeing our listeners
high quality programmes about contemporary international issues."
James
Painter says: "Listeners from the Guerrero State are extremely
important to us. This agreement enables us to deliver a range of
high quality programmes."
BBC
World Service programmes in Spanish are beamed by satellite to more
than 20 stations in Mexico and more than 100 throughout Latin America.
Amongst
its partners in Mexico are Ricardo Rocha´s Detras de la Noticia,
Radio Educación, and Estadio 590AM.
The
BBC also broadcasts on shortwave and is available in Real Audio
via the Internet at bbcmundo.com.
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