Category: World
Service
Date: 07.06.2005
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The BBC's Albanian Service is launching
a new morning news and current affairs programme from Wednesday 8 June.
From 7.00am to 9.00am Central European Time, Monday
to Friday, BBC Sot
(BBC Today) sets the day's agenda with global, regional and local coverage
for listeners in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece.
Every 15 minutes, BBC Sot will keep the listeners updated
with news from the region and around the world.
Live links with the BBC studios in Tirana, Pristina
and Skopje will provide the BBC Albanian audiences with firsthand information
about regional developments.
Along with regular business, sports and cultural slots,
BBC Sot's audience will hear the programme's Big Interview with key
personalities.
Issues of the day will be discussed in studio debates
which will engage the listeners via SMS messages, phone and email.
Head of the BBC Albanian service, Julia Goga-Cooke,
said: "We are thrilled to launch BBC Sot, which is the morning
radio for Albanian speakers across Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
"With the BBC's journalistic talent and its unparalleled
network of correspondents covering the world, BBC Sot ensures our audiences
are fully informed and engaged with the news agenda at the start of
their day."
BBC Sot can be heard on the BBC 24 hour stations 103.9
FM in Tirana, Albania and on 98.6 FM in Prishtina, Kosovo.
Listeners can hear an audio of the programme and read
special features online at bbcalbanian.com.
BBC Sot can also be heard on the BBC's partner stations:
Albania: Radio Kukesi 100.4 FM; Radio
Shkodra 92 FM; Radio Korca 15 AM; Radio Gjirokaster 102.5 FM; Radio
Rash 97.0 FM; Radio Ime 105.4 FM; Radio TV Vale e Kalter-Vlore; Radio
Saranda 100 FM; Radio Star 105.5 FM; Radio Fier 107.2 FM; and Televizion
Adriatik-Durres.
Kosovo: Radio 21 100.2 FM,102.8 FM
and 103.9 FM; Radio Mitrovica 99.9 FM; Radio Top Iliria 90.8 FM; Radio
Tema 94.9 FM; Radio Drenica 107.6 FM; and Radio Theranda 105.2 FM.
Macedonia: Macedonian State radio
94.7 FM and 98.3 FM; Radio Uskana 103 FM; Radio Rinia 106.3 FM; Radio
Tetova 97, 93.5 FM; Radio Bleta 101.4 FM; and Televizioni Festa e Kumanoves.
Serbia: Radio Spektri Bujanovc 101
FM.
Notes to Editors
BBC Albanian was re-launched in 1993 and is rebroadcast
by more than 40 radio and TV stations in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia
and Greece.
The main weekday news and current programmes are Bota
at 11 (The World At 11); Bota
mbasdite (The World in the Afternoon) at 3.15pm Central
European Time; and Bota ne mbremje
(The World in the Evening) at 7.00pm.
The regional debate programme Forum and youth and music programme Ritem
e Pop are aired on Sundays.
The online site bbcalbanian.com provides a wide range
of information, including international news and current affairs, world
economy, science, technology, arts, entertainment, chat forums and
learning English.
BBC World Service broadcasts programmes around the world
in 43 languages and is available on radio and online. It has a global
audience of 149 million listeners.
BBC World Service is available globally on short wave;
on FM in 144 cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000
FM and MW radio stations around the world. The BBC World Service websites
receive around 280 million page impressions every month.
