BBC World Service Radio

The BBC Radio World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world through multiple technologies. The English language service broadcasts 24 hours a day.

In May 2007 the BBC reported that the World Service’s average weekly audience had reached 183 million people, beating the previous record of 163 million listeners set the previous year.

The World Service is funded by grant-in-aid through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the British Government — unlike the BBC’s domestic radio and television services, which are primarily funded by a compulsory licence fee levied on every household in the United Kingdom using a television to watch programs as they are being broadcast. Despite this form of funding, the World Service remains editorially independent,although the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have the right to decide which countries the service broadcasts to.

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