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BBC Arabic Radio: Station Goes Off Air After 85 Years Of Broadcasting, Industry Reacts

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The BBC’s Arabic radio service went off the air for the final time on Friday after 85 years of broadcasting. The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September as part of a wider plan to cut costs to World Service channels and shift focus on digital content production.

At least 382 people will lose their jobs at the BBC World Service. The World Service had said it aims to save £28.5m by closing Arabic and Persian radio stations, part of a broader attempt to save £500m annually.

The corporation will also stop producing radio output in 10 other languages, including Chinese and Hindi. The broadcaster has said years of below-inflation license fee freezes imposed by the UK government, in addition to the increasing cost of producing programs, is to blame for the cuts.

BBC Arabic Radio was first launched in early 1938 from Egypt as the BBC Empire Service’s first foreign language radio broadcast.

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