The BBC’s Arabic Radio aired its last broadcast Friday, ending 85 years of programming on the network’s first foreign-language service — one depended on by millions of listeners.

The BBC's first foreign-language service, BBC Arabic Radio, has gone off the air after more than eight decades of broadcasting. The shutdown of BBC Arabic Radio is part of a broader restructuring ...

After 85 years of broadcasting, the curtain closes this afternoon on BBC Arabic radio with a series of programmes telling stories from the station's glorious past and excerpts from interviews with ...

BBC Arabic's international acclaim translates into impressive audience figures – over 13 million people listen to the BBC Arabic radio every week, according to independent surveys where it is ...

The local media council said Arabic programming would add to the diversity of radio offerings in the German capital. Arabic speakers from more than 20 countries live in Berlin.

Before delving into why the most famous Arabic-speaking foreign radio station shut down, let us look at why the British government established it in the first place back in 1938. Why did the ...

BBC Arabic radio is also distributed by satellite systems: on Nilesat – on Channel 32, at 7 degrees east, on Arabsat satellite Badr 3 – on Channel 16 at 26 degrees east, and, on Sky, BBC World ...

The BBC ‘s Arabic radio service went off the air for the final time on Friday after 85 years of broadcasting. The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September ...

BBC Arabic is launching innovative bi-weekly news programmes on May 17 for radio and online audiences in North Africa and the Gulf as part of the largest expansion of the BBC World Service since ...

Radio provides vital lifeline at this Iraqi refugee camp As UNESCO marks 'World Radio Day' on 13th February, celebrating the world's most universally accessible media platform*, SBS Arabic24 ...

BBC Arabic radio goes off air after 85 years The Arabic language radio is among 10 different languages that are ending due to inflation and licensing fees, BBC says.