BBC TO SCRAP RADIO LINK AFTER 62 YEARS
Owen Gibson, Friday February 24, 2006, The Guardian

Calling the Falklands, the twice-weekly BBC World Service
programme
that became a lifeline for the islands during the 1982 war, is
being
axed after 62 years.

The corporation plans to announce today that in an age of
satellite TV
and the internet there is no need for a dedicated programme
bringing
news and personal messages from Britain to the remote Atlantic
islands.

Instead the BBC has agreed on a package of measures to support
the
islanders' local radio service, including the supply of World
Service
content and a two-year subscription to syndicated commercial
programming.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/st...716725,00.html
(via Mike Barraclough, DXLD)

Registration required. Does the story give any hint of when the
last broadcast
will be? Could even be today Feb 24, or Feb 28, scheduled
Tuesdays & Fridays
only 2130-2145 on 11680, masked here by BBC French Guiana 11675
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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