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From: bhatnaga@topaz.ARPA (Bhatnaga)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: info_request: radio_programs
Message-ID: <2704@topaz.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 01:32:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 01:32:51 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 03:24:23 EDT
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Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Summary: BBC shortwave programs

In article <3046@decwrl.UUCP>, somanathan@elmer.DEC (chandra_sekhara somanathan menon) writes:
> 
> Need some info on sw-frequencies/time_schedules to catch Indian programs
> from air/bbc/ceylon/.......  Was informed by a friend of mine
> that the net had carried some info couple of months ago. Would
> appreciate if someone could forward them to me. Any addresses to get 
> some hard_copy info on regular programs ??
> 
> Thanks,
> soman................................somanathan%elmer.DEC@decwrl.arpa....
>                                      617-568-5990

1) For a complete list of BBC world service programs one can contact:

CANADA:

	BBC, Post Office Box 1555, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R5

USA:

	BBC, 630 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10020

GOOD OLD:

	BBC, P.O. Box 76, Bush House, London, WC2B 4PH

Incidentally, I got the above list from London and it took around three 
weeks. Just send a letter to the World Service on one of the above 
addresses. 

2) Following are the times when you can listen to the World News from 
the world service:

(A * indicates that the news is preceded by 15 mins of Sports Round Up)

(A $     "      "    "    "   " followed  " 10 mins of News About Britain)

(All times are GMT which is 4 hrs advance of EST)

(I generally receive it on 31 meters but other wave lengths are 13, 19, 25,
31, 40, 48, 49 etc. depending on time and your geographical location.)

  Hour       

  0:00 $     

  2:00 

  3:00 $

  5:00 

  7:00

  8:00

  9:00

 11:00 $

*13:00

 16:00 

 17:00

*20:00                            (remember this is the time when some of us
used to go to sleep back home after listening to the Sports Roundup & World
News)
 
*22:00

 23:00


3) These are all world service programs directed towards USA and CANADA. I 
donot know whether BBC's FAR EAST service (which we used to get in India) 
can be received here or not (most likely not). An identical statement holds 
for BBC Hindi, Bangla, Urdu services also. I doubt that they can be received 
here.

4) I doubt AIR, Ceylon can be received here. (The sender of the original 
message (516) referred to these). If some one has more info about 3 & 4, I 
would love to get it.

				thanks,

							Happy Listening,

Neeraj Bhatnagar
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