Category: World
Service
Date: 08.12.2004
Printable version
Listeners in Kabul
can now hear BBC World Service programmes in English 24 hours
a day thanks to the launch of a new FM station, BBC 101.6 FM.
The programmes broadcast on BBC 101.6 FM range from
health and sport to business and music.
Key programmes include Newshour, which offers
news and analysis of the day's top stories from around the globe; The
World Today, which examines in detail the stories that make the
headlines; Talking Point, an award-winning programme enabling
listeners and internet users to put questions to leading international
figures; and Outlook, an award-winning live daily magazine programme
offering listeners topical human interest stories from around the world.
Behrouz Afagh, Head of the Eurasia Region, BBC World
Service, said: "Thanks to this development, listeners in Kabul
can now hear for the first time the full range of BBC programmes in
English in crystal clear quality in addition to BBC programmes broadcast
in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek through our other BBC FM stations."
In addition to the programming on BBC 101.6 FM, BBC
World Service programmes are currently broadcast on FM across Afghanistan
on 89 FM in Kabul, Mazar and Jalalabad; 88.1 FM in Konduz; 88.4FM in
Fairzabad; 99.6 FM in Pole-Khomi; 89.2 FM in Herat; 87.9 FM in Gandez;
89.1 FM in Jalal os Saraj; 91 FM in Sheberghan; 92 FM in Maimana; 88.3
FM in Saloquan; 88.3 FM in Taloqan and 90.1 FM in Khost.
Programmes can also be heard on medium wave and short
wave across the country.
Notes to Editors
BBC Pashto broadcast four hours of daily programming.
Pashto speakers across the world can access information
in text and audio on their website bbcpashto.com.
BBC Persian broadcasts nearly 50 hours of news
and current affairs programmes a week to Iran, Afghanistan and Central
Asia.
Its website bbcpersian.com provides coverage of news,
current affairs, culture and sports.
Persian speakers around the world can access the interactive
content and listen to the audio of popular radio programmes.
BBC Uzbek broadcasts its programme Nigoh at 21.30
Kabul time every weekday.
It can be heard on 1251 medium wave in Northern Afghanistan.
Nigoh can also be heard by Uzbek-speakers across the
world via their website bbcuzbek.com.
BBC World Service broadcasts programmes around the world
in 43 languages and is available on radio and online.
It has a global audience of 146 million listeners.
BBC World Service is available globally on short wave;
on FM in 139 capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on
around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world.
The BBC World Service websites receive around 280 million
page impressions every month.
