Newshour
Encyclopedia
Newshour is BBC World Service
's flagship international news and current affairs programme, which broadcasts twice daily: at 1400 and 2100 (GMT) each edition lasting one hour. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, international interviews and in-depth reports of world news. The World Service
consider it to be one of their most important strands, as shown in 2011 when it was kept as one of four key outlets. It is also heard in the United States
on various Public Radio International
member stations. The programme comes live from Bush House in London, offering analysis and background on the major news of the day, often interviewing heads of state and government ministers.
's World Service
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BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
's flagship international news and current affairs programme, which broadcasts twice daily: at 1400 and 2100 (GMT) each edition lasting one hour. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, international interviews and in-depth reports of world news. The World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
consider it to be one of their most important strands, as shown in 2011 when it was kept as one of four key outlets. It is also heard in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on various Public Radio International
Public Radio International
Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
member stations. The programme comes live from Bush House in London, offering analysis and background on the major news of the day, often interviewing heads of state and government ministers.
History
Newshour is a long running strand of the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
.
Presenters
Presenters of Newshour include:- Claire Bolderson
- James Coomarasamy
- Lyse DoucetLyse DoucetLyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...
- Owen Bennett-JonesOwen Bennett-JonesOwen Bennett-Jones is a journalist for BBC Online and is presently one of the hosts of The Interview on the BBC World Service, and is a former BBC correspondent, based in several countries around the world.-Education:...
- Robin LustigRobin LustigRobin Francis Lustig is a BBC journalist and radio broadcaster who presents programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.- Early Career :...
- Julian Marshall (1990-present)
- Mary Ann SieghartMary Ann SieghartMary Ann Sieghart is a former assistant editor of The Times, where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life generally. She now writes a weekly political column in The Independent and presents Profile and Beyond Westminster on Radio 4...
(2008-2010)
See also
- BBC World ServiceBBC World ServiceThe BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
, the home of Newshour - BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
- BBC World News, The BBC's International Television Station
Similarly named
- PBS NewsHour - the flagship news program of the Public Broadcasting ServicePublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(United States) - Newshour - flagship news program of Al Jazeera English
External links
- BBC World Service: Newshour