Newsday (radio programme)

For the TV programme on BBC World News, see Newsday (TV programme).

Newsday
GenreNews, current events, and factual
Running timeWeekdays 0500–0800 GMT (Online only: 0300-0500 GMT)[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
South Africa
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC World Service
Hosted byLawrence Pollard
Lerato Mbele
Andrew Peach
Julian Keane
Bola Mosuro
Nuala McGovern
Alan Kasujja
Recording studioBroadcasting House
BBC Johannesburg
Original release23 July 2012
Websitehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w940j

Newsday is BBC World Service's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012.[2] It replaced The World Today and Network Africa, the programme that had a particular focus on Africa. It was expected at its launch that Newsday would have one of the largest audiences - if not the largest - of any radio programme in the world.[3]

  1. ^ "BBC Partners".
  2. ^ "BBC - New BBC Radio Breakfast show aimed at African audiences - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ "DailyGuide Africa". Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2012.