juninho

Is anybody experiencing problems witt the BBC World Service on the radio. I am getting only classical music for about a week now. Any ideas why?

Ronnie Biggs

It's out of respect for Gary Coleman - we all grew up with him.

Jim Smith

They obviously got evicted so Abu Dhabi could put their classical/jazz programme there. Seems to include Suzie Wonder ex Radio 2 also! Maybe their contract was up on 30th June?

BBC is now on 90.3 along with an interfering station so reception is pretty poor at times and also the quality of the feed signal is crap.

The Dean

It's fine in Bahrain..............

Ray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/au...e/?stream=live

Jim Smith

Not much use when you are in the car!!

Autonomy

http://www.kippreport.com/2010/07/du...ce-bbc-arabic/

juninho

This is the reply I got from the BBC. Times are obviously hard.

BBC World Service in English and BBC Arabic are no longer available on
> 87.9 FM in Dubai due to a cessation of our licence.
>
> Due to pressures on budgets for distribution of our radio services at
> BBC World Service, we were unfortunately unable to reach a financial
> agreement with the licensor that provided adequate value for money for
> the BBC. These financial constraints limit our ability to invest in FM
> distribution at a time of increasing costs of licences generally around
> the world, especially in that part of the Middle East.
>
> BBC World Service in English and BBC Arabic can still be heard on 90.3
> FM from Abu Dhabi in parts of Dubai. BBC World News and BBC Arabic
> television are available on the Nilesat, Arabsat and Hot Bird
> satellites, as well as on E Vision.
>
> BBC World Service in English is available 24 hours a day online via the
> 'Listen live' link at www.bbcworldservice.com
>
> The BBC Arabic website www.bbcarabic.com features the latest updates 24
> hours a day, in addition to both radio and television streaming. Arabic
> news bulletins and summaries are also available on Alfujaira FM 95.1.
>
> We are actively pursuing other ways of making our programming available
> across the region, including Dubai.
>
> Best regards,
> Audience Information
> BBC World Service