BBC Bulgaria Bids Goodbye with a Smile
Politics | December 23, 2005, FridayThe Bulgarian section of the British broadcaster BBC went silent December 23 after airing its last one-hour program at 6 pm local time.
In an attempt to match the Christmas mood across the country, the journalists from BBC Bulgaria decided to bid good-bye to their committed audience without sadness, but with a smile.
It was with the conviction that what they did was truly independent journalism that memories from the times of the Cold War and the transition to the democratic changes in the country were revived.
BBC Bulgaria listeners had the opportunity to hear interviews with journalists from these turbulent and interesting times and learn more about the highlights of the radio's 65-year history.
The closure of BBC Bulgaria is part of a 30 million pounds restructuring of BBC World Service and will fund the launch of an Arabic-language television service. The channel will initially broadcast 12 hours a day and will be the BBC's first publicly funded global TV service.
Broadcasts in Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and Thai will cease by March 2006.
The World Service so far provided news in English and 42 other languages and is funded by a Foreign Office grant.
In an attempt to match the Christmas mood across the country, the journalists from BBC Bulgaria decided to bid good-bye to their committed audience without sadness, but with a smile.
It was with the conviction that what they did was truly independent journalism that memories from the times of the Cold War and the transition to the democratic changes in the country were revived.
BBC Bulgaria listeners had the opportunity to hear interviews with journalists from these turbulent and interesting times and learn more about the highlights of the radio's 65-year history.
The closure of BBC Bulgaria is part of a 30 million pounds restructuring of BBC World Service and will fund the launch of an Arabic-language television service. The channel will initially broadcast 12 hours a day and will be the BBC's first publicly funded global TV service.
Broadcasts in Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and Thai will cease by March 2006.
The World Service so far provided news in English and 42 other languages and is funded by a Foreign Office grant.
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