BBC World Service (English Wikipedia)

Williams, Martyn (26 September 2017). "Option for North Korean Radio Listeners". 38 North. U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.

a516digital.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC World Service joins new Danish DAB+ network". Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

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"BBC World Service East and Southern Africa - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service West and Central Africa - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service East Asia - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service South Asia - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service Australasia - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service Online - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"BBC World Service News Internet - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
"Annual Review 2008/2009". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
"Historic moments from the 1930s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
"Historic moments from the 1940s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
"The 1960s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
"BBC World Service to cut five language services". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC World Service cuts outlined to staff". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Why is the HQ called Bush House?". Frequently Asked Questions. BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC Buildings – Bush House". The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC World Service leaves Bush House". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Bush House: BBC World Service moves home". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Higham, Nick (12 July 2012). "BBC World Service leaves Bush House". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"How and When to Listen". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"75 Years – BBC World Service | Multi-lingual audio | BBC World Service". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"BBC launches first social media-only news service – for Thailand". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
"BBC World Service Europe". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 May 1998. Unfortunately, the Finnish Service was closed on the 31st December 1997.
Kremer, Guntram. "Epilog". BBC German Service (in German). Archived from the original on 9 November 2000. G.K. Der Deutsche Dienst der BBC wurde am 26 März 1999 geschlossen. [G.K. The BBC German service was closed on 26 March 1999.]
"BBC World Service - Business Daily". Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
"Pages 1–136 from BBC AR Cover 03". Archived from the original on 2 February 2007.
"BBC World Service | FAQ". BBC. 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"FAQ | World Service". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"Press Office – Falkland Islands and BBC to boost home-grown media". BBC. 23 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"BBC - Press Office - BBC and MediaCorp renew agreement on transmission in Singapore". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
Vivien Marsh (28 March 2011). "BBC Chinese Service makes final broadcast in Mandarin". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
Marsh, Vivien (28 March 2011). "BBC Chinese Service makes final broadcast in Mandarin". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
"Press Office – Uzbek language broadcasts jammed". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
"BBC World Service: The closure of 648 kHz medium wave". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
"BBC Launches DRM Service in Europe". BBC World Service. 7 September 2005. Archived from the original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
"BBC - About World Service radio". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
"Millions of Russians turn to BBC News" (Press release). London: BBC. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
"What is the BBC World Service signature tune?". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

downloads.bbc.co.uk

An Agreement Between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation (PDF) (Report). TSO (The Stationery Office). ISBN 0-10-168722-2. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
"BBC World Service Licence" (PDF). BBC. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
"Funding" (PDF). Downloads.bbc.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
Boaden, Helen (22 January 2007). "Editorial Processes – How BBC News works" (PDF). BBC Trust. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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"BBC East Europe voices silenced". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Announcing the cuts in October, the director of the BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman, said that the European services were a beacon of free and independent information during the Cold War, but were now in decline.
"BBC shuts down Romanian service". BBC News. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017. The BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language service, after 69 years of broadcasting.
Transmissions in Romanian will cease on 1 August.
"BBC radio ordered off Russian FM". BBC News. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
Clare Harkey (13 March 2006). "BBC Thai service ends broadcasts". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"News in your language". BBC News. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
"BBC's global audience holds firm despite increased competition". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
"B BC 100th anniversary marked at Daventry transmitter site". www.bbc.com. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
"BBC News in Languages". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Regulation". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
"BBC World Service to receive continued additional funding from Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office". BBC. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
"ያድምጡ" (in Amharic). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"ဘီဘီစီ မြန်မာပိုင်း ရေဒီယို" (in Burmese). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"BBC Afrique Radio" (in French). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"BBC Hausa Rediyo" (in Hausa). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria". BBC News Online. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
"Radio BBC Gahuza" (in Kinyarwanda). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"BBC 코리아 라디오" (in Korean). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"बीबीसी नेपाली रेडियो" (in Nepali). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"بي بي سي افغانستان (پښتو خپرونه)" (in Pashto). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"بی بی سی افغانستان (برنامه های دری)" (in Dari). BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
"Raadiyaha BBC Soomaali" (in Somali). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"BBC Swahili Radio" (in Swahili). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"ስምዑ" (in Tigrinya). BBC. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
"How to listen to BBC World Service in South-East Asia". BBC News. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

bbcworldwide.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC Worldwide - Annual Review 2013/14 - Our Business". Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

cbc.ca (Global: 110^th place; English: 65^th place)

Timmins, Jerry (1 April 2026). "CBC Programme guide". CBC. Retrieved 1 April 2026.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Plock 2021. Plock, Vike Martina (20 September 2021). The BBC German Service during the Second World War. Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-74092-4. ISBN 978-3-030-74091-7.
Briggs 1995. Briggs, Asa (23 March 1995). The War of Words: The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume III. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192129567.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-212956-7.
Milland 1998, pp. 353–373. Milland, Gabriel (1998). "The BBC Hungarian service and the final solution in Hungary". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 18 (3): 353–373. doi:10.1080/01439689800260231. ISSN 0143-9685.
Seul 2015, pp. 378–396. Seul, Stephanie (2 October 2015). "'Plain, unvarnished news'?: The BBC German Service and Chamberlain's propaganda campaign directed at Nazi Germany, 1938–1940". Media History. 21 (4): 378–396. doi:10.1080/13688804.2015.1011108. ISSN 1368-8804.
Rawnsley 1996, pp. 67–68: On the Hungarian uprising and the RFE's role: "The United Nations Special Committee which investigated the crisis in 1957 concluded that RFE had 'aroused an expectation of support'. In terms of apportioning responsibility, however, this means very little." (continued) Rawnsley, Gary D. (1996). Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-24499-7. ISBN 978-1-349-24501-7.
Rawnsley 1996, p. 72: Rawnsley in the context of the BBC's reporting on the uprising wrote: "Thus despite what its critics assert about Suez the BBC was certainly sensitive of its power and often acted as its own censor where diplomacy may have been jeopardised." Rawnsley, Gary D. (1996). Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-24499-7. ISBN 978-1-349-24501-7.
Goodwin 2005. Goodwin, Peter (2005). "Low Conspiracy? – Government interference in the BBC". Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 2 (1): 96–118. doi:10.16997/wpcc.10. ISSN 1744-6708.
Sacks, Benjamin J. (2026). "British International Broadcasting and the Cold War: The Genesis of the Modern BBC Global Relay "Chain," 1953–1963". Journal of Cold War Studies. 28 (2): 36–65. doi:10.1162/jcws.a.1326. ISSN 1520-3972.
Rawnsley 1996. Rawnsley, Gary D. (1996). Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-24499-7. ISBN 978-1-349-24501-7.

edp24.co.uk (Global: 5,100^th place; English: 2,583^rd place)

Fairhall, John (30 June 2011). "Drama sparks Suez Crisis memories". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

enviro-history.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"London Calling". enviro-history.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

facebook.com (Global: 78^th place; English: 91^st place)

"BBC World Service". Facebook. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

fco.gov.uk (Global: 6,419^th place; English: 5,267^th place)

"About Us: BBC World Service". British Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

Arjun Neil Alim (7 December 2022). "UK government must boost funding to sustain World Service, says BBC chief". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

gov.uk (Global: 401^st place; English: 228^th place)

"BBC gets emergency funding to fight Russian disinformation" (Press release). UK Government. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via gov.uk.

greenwichmeantime.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC Pips". greenwichmeantime.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

ibc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Jonathan Munro appointed BBC News Global Director". IBC365. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

icelandmag.is (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC World Service coming back to Iceland". Icelandmag. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

imagedissectors.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Robert Weedon (16 December 2009). "Audio Identities". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

intervalsignals.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Interval Signals Online – United Kingdom (BBC World Service)". Retrieved 21 August 2025.

iranicaonline.org (Global: 320^th place; English: 308^th place)

Safiri, F; Shahidi, H. "Great Britain xiii. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)". Encyclopædia Iranica. XI/3: 276–286. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

japantoday.com (Global: 4,588^th place; English: 3,242^nd place)

"BBC News launches new streaming service on Yahoo! JAPAN". Japan Today. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Economic and Political Weekly 1968, p. 1680. "Keeping BBC Unfettered". Economic and Political Weekly. 3 (44): 1680. 1968. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4359258. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Strike halts BBC News Worldwide". Los Angeles Times. 8 August 1985. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

lyngsat.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC World Service English News - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

mediaroom.com (Global: 3,495^th place; English: 2,597^th place)

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"BBC World Service and XM announce programming alliance" (Press release). XM Satellite Radio. 26 July 1999. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2007.

monthlyreview.org (Global: low place; English: 8,151^st place)

Lewis, Gavin (April 2016). "The Broken BBC". The Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

nao.org.uk (Global: low place; English: 9,873^rd place)

"BBC World Service" (PDF). National Audit Office. 7 June 2016. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
"BBC savings and reform" (PDF). National Audit Office. 17 December 2023. pp. s6, 22. HC 958. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Thomas, Jo (8 August 1985). "British Newscasts Stopped by Strike". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Hsu, Tiffany (3 March 2022). "BBC Revives Shortwave Radio Dispatches in Ukraine and Draws Ire of Russia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

nzherald.co.nz (Global: 390^th place; English: 205^th place)

Rosaleen Macbrayne. "BBC's call will continue after transmissions end". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

ok1mjo.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cornell, Lindsay (2006). "The AM Signalling System (AMSS)" (PDF). OK1MJO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2026.

orbem.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"BBC Station Idents and Interval Signals". Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

parliament.uk (Global: 313^th place; English: 181^st place)

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"The Work of the BBC World Service 2008-09" (PDF). House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. 5 February 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service: Responses from the Government and the BBC to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010–12" (PDF). Foreign Affairs Committee. UK Parliament. 17 May 2011. HC 1058. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
"House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee: Written evidence from the BBC World Service". publications.parliament.uk.
"House of Commons – Foreign Affairs: Written evidence from the BBC World Service". Publications.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

lordslibrary.parliament.uk

Evennett, Heather (24 November 2022). "BBC World Service: Soft power and funding challenges". House of Lords Library. UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

committees.parliament.uk

"Written evidence submitted by BBC World Service". BBC World Service. 8 September 2021. TFP0035. Retrieved 18 January 2023 – via Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament.

hansard.parliament.uk

Lord Zac Goldsmith (Minister of State FCDO) (1 December 2022). "Debate: BBC World Service". Lord's Hansard. UK Parliament. Column 1899. Retrieved 19 January 2023.

publicradio.org (Global: 5,260^th place; English: 3,000^th place)

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"BBC World Service Appoints American Public Media as New Distributor in the United States". APM. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

radiotoday.co.uk (Global: 4,366^th place; English: 1,969^th place)

"More job cuts announced as BBC radio stations combine further bulletins and programmes". RadioToday. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

rajar.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Russia blocks access to BBC and Voice of America websites". Reuters. Reuters. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

rollingstone.com (Global: 57^th place; English: 39^th place)

Greene, Andy (13 December 2019). "The Clash's 'London Calling': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

rsf.org (Global: 2,764^th place; English: 2,757^th place)

"BBC dropped from Russia's FM waveband today". Reporters without Borders. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

savebbc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Save the BBC World Service in North America and the Pacific! – BBC to Cut Off 1.2 Million Listeners on July 1". Savebbc.org. 6 June 2001. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2011.

scmp.com (Global: 302^nd place; English: 189^th place)

"China bans BBC World News from broadcasting inside the country". South China Morning Post. Bloomberg. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

short-wave.info (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule for BBC in OROMO". Short-Wave.Info. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

standard.co.uk (Global: 362^nd place; English: 200^th place)

"BBC man quits after claims he helped to topple president in Kyrgyzstan revolt". Evening Standard. London. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

techcrunch.com (Global: 317^th place; English: 224^th place)

Russell, Jon (17 October 2015). "BBC Launches Japanese Language News Site To Extend Its Global Advertising Reach". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Halliday, Josh (21 December 2014). "BBC World Service fears losing information war as Russia Today ramps up pressure". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
Plunkett, John (26 January 2011). "BBC World Service to 'cut up to 650 jobs'". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Sabbagh, Dan (12 July 2012). "Bush House ceases BBC broadcasts after 71 years". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Conlan, Tara (23 November 2015). "BBC World Service to receive £289m from government". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
Stacey, Kiran; Savage, Michael (11 May 2025). "Ministers demand BBC World Service plan for cuts as aid budget slashed". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
Savage, Michael; Stacey, Kiran (7 June 2025). "Ministers accused of being 'asleep at the wheel' over UK's soft power around the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
Stacey, Kiran; Savage, Michael (4 October 2025). "BBC bosses want defence budget to help pay for the World Service". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
Savage, Michael; Stacey, Kiran (18 March 2026). "BBC World Service to get extra £11m a year in deal ending funding uncertainty". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
Dowell, Ben (20 March 2011). "BBC World Service to sign funding deal with US state department". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
Plunkett, John (25 February 2013). "BBC condemns China's 'deliberate' jamming of World Service broadcasts | Media". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
Waterson, Jim (29 September 2022). "Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

turnipnet.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"1950s British Radio Nostalgia". www.turnipnet.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

DeYoung, Karen (7 August 1985). "BBC World Service Falls Silent". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"The Work of the BBC World Service 2008-09" (PDF). House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. 5 February 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"News in your language". BBC News. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
"BBC World Service". Facebook. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
"Annual Review 2008/2009". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
Lewis, Gavin (April 2016). "The Broken BBC". The Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
Halliday, Josh (21 December 2014). "BBC World Service fears losing information war as Russia Today ramps up pressure". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
"Historic moments from the 1930s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
"Historic moments from the 1940s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
Fairhall, John (30 June 2011). "Drama sparks Suez Crisis memories". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
"The 1960s". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
Thomas, Jo (8 August 1985). "British Newscasts Stopped by Strike". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
DeYoung, Karen (7 August 1985). "BBC World Service Falls Silent". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
"Strike halts BBC News Worldwide". Los Angeles Times. 8 August 1985. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
"BBC East Europe voices silenced". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Announcing the cuts in October, the director of the BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman, said that the European services were a beacon of free and independent information during the Cold War, but were now in decline.
"BBC shuts down Romanian service". BBC News. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2017. The BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language service, after 69 years of broadcasting.
Transmissions in Romanian will cease on 1 August.
"BBC dropped from Russia's FM waveband today". Reporters without Borders. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
"BBC man quits after claims he helped to topple president in Kyrgyzstan revolt". Evening Standard. London. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
"BBC World Service to cut five language services". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC World Service cuts outlined to staff". BBC News. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Plunkett, John (26 January 2011). "BBC World Service to 'cut up to 650 jobs'". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Thomas, Ronan. "BBC Broadcasting House". West End at War.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Why is the HQ called Bush House?". Frequently Asked Questions. BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC Buildings – Bush House". The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC World Service leaves Bush House". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Bush House: BBC World Service moves home". BBC News. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Higham, Nick (12 July 2012). "BBC World Service leaves Bush House". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Sabbagh, Dan (12 July 2012). "Bush House ceases BBC broadcasts after 71 years". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"BBC News in Languages". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"How and When to Listen". BBC World Service. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Regulation". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
"BBC World Service Licence" (PDF). BBC. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
"About Us: BBC World Service". British Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
"Funding" (PDF). Downloads.bbc.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
"BBC Worldwide - Annual Review 2013/14 - Our Business". Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Conlan, Tara (23 November 2015). "BBC World Service to receive £289m from government". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
"75 Years – BBC World Service | Multi-lingual audio | BBC World Service". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
"BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria". BBC News Online. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
Russell, Jon (17 October 2015). "BBC Launches Japanese Language News Site To Extend Its Global Advertising Reach". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
"BBC News launches new streaming service on Yahoo! JAPAN". Japan Today. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
"BBC launches first social media-only news service – for Thailand". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
"BBC World Service Europe". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 May 1998. Unfortunately, the Finnish Service was closed on the 31st December 1997.
Kremer, Guntram. "Epilog". BBC German Service (in German). Archived from the original on 9 November 2000. G.K. Der Deutsche Dienst der BBC wurde am 26 März 1999 geschlossen. [G.K. The BBC German service was closed on 26 March 1999.]
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