BBC Arabic (Arabic: بي بي سي عربي) consisted of the Literary Arabic language radio station which was run by the BBC World Service, as well as the BBC's satellite TV channel, and the website that serves as a Literary Arabic language news portal and provides online access to both the TV and radio broadcasts.
The radio service was broadcast from Broadcasting House in London as well as from a BBC bureau in Riyadh. The target audience was in the Arab world (North Africa and Western Asia).
In September 2022, the World Service announced the proposed closure of its Arabic radio service as part of a cost-cutting plan, but said that an online service would remain.[1]
On Friday, 27 January 2023, BBC Arabic's radio broadcasts ended at 13:00 UTC. The service had been on air since 1938.[2]
- ^ Waterson, Jim (29 September 2022). "Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "BBC Arabic radio goes off air after 85 years of broadcasting". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 27 January 2023.