[IP] Russia forces World Service off FM radio

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk>
Date: August 18, 2007 4:34:15 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Russia forces World Service off FM radio

Dave:

You might want this for IP.

Cheers

Brian

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Russia forces World Service off FM radio

Luke Harding in Moscow
Saturday August 18, 2007
The Guardian

The fallout from the diplomatic row between Britain and Russia spread  
to the BBC yesterday when Russia announced it was closing down the  
World Service's main Russian-language broadcasts.

The BBC World Service said it had been told it could no longer  
broadcast on the FM frequency in Russia. All broadcasts ceased at 5pm  
local time yesterday. On Thursday the Russian licensing authorities  
ordered the BBC World Service's Russian partner, Bolshoye Radio, to  
drop the BBC from its programming or lose its licence.

Full story at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2151253,00.html
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