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Russia forces World Service off FM radio
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:59:18 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk> Date: August 18, 2007 4:34:15 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Russia forces World Service off FM radio Dave: You might want this for IP. Cheers Brian --- Russia forces World Service off FM radio Luke Harding in Moscow Saturday August 18, 2007 The GuardianThe fallout from the diplomatic row between Britain and Russia spread to the BBC yesterday when Russia announced it was closing down the World Service's main Russian-language broadcasts.
The BBC World Service said it had been told it could no longer broadcast on the FM frequency in Russia. All broadcasts ceased at 5pm local time yesterday. On Thursday the Russian licensing authorities ordered the BBC World Service's Russian partner, Bolshoye Radio, to drop the BBC from its programming or lose its licence.
Full story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2151253,00.html -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~brian.randell/ ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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