ARLA/CLUSTER: BBC World Service aumenta transmissões em ondas curtas direccionadas à região de Jammu e Caxemira*

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

* Jammu e Caxemira ou Jamu e Caxemira é frequentemente designado pelo
acrónimo J&K, é o Estado mais setentrional da Índia. Durante o verão
(maio a outubro) a capital do estado é Srinagar e no inverno (de
novembro a abril) a capital é Jammu. A área é de facto administrada
pela Índia mas é menor do que a pretensão territorial, visto que parte
da região histórica da Caxemira, correspondente aos territórios do
antigo estado principesco de Jammu e Caxemira, é administrada pelo
Paquistão (Azad Kashmir e Gilgit-Baltistão) e pela China (Aksai Chin,
vale de Shaksgam e uma pequena faixa a sudeste do Ladaque). O estado
faz fronteira com a região chinesa de Xinjiang a norte, com o Tibete
sob ocupação chinesa a nordeste e a leste, com os estados do Himachal
Pradexe e do Panjabe a sul e a Caxemira paquistanesa a noroeste
(Gilgit-Baltistão), oeste e sudoeste (Azad Kashmir).

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BBC increases Kashmir service on shortwave

The BBC World Service has stepped up shortwave broadcasts to Jammu and
Kashmir during the media shutdown in the region

The BBC World Service has extended output on shortwave radio in
Indian-administered Kashmir to provide reliable news and information.

The Director of the BBC World Service, Jamie Angus, says: “The
provision of independent and trusted news in places of conflict and
tension is one of the core purposes of the World Service.

"Given the shutdown of digital services and phone lines in the region,
it’s right for us to try and increase the provision of news on our
short wave radio services. Audiences in both India and Pakistan trust
the BBC to speak with an independent voice, and we know that our
reporting through several moments of crisis this year has been popular
and valued by audiences who turn to us when tensions are highest.”

BBC News Hindi radio output (9515 and 11995kHz) will be extended by 30
minutes from Friday 16 August. The full one-hour news programme will
be on air from 7.30pm to 8.30pm local time.
On Monday 19 August, BBC News Urdu will launch a 15-minute daily
programme, Neemroz. Broadcast at 12.30pm local time on 15310kHz and
13650kHz, the programme will focus on news coming from Kashmir and the
developments around the issue, and include global news roundup
tailored for audiences in Kashmir.

BBC World Service English broadcasts (11795kHz, 9670kHz, 9580kHz,
7345kHz, 6040kHz) will be expanded, with the morning programming
extended by an hour, ending at 8.30am local time; and the afternoon
and evening programming starting an hour earlier, at 4.30pm local
time.

The shutdown has left people with very few options for accessing news
at this time. However, news services from the BBC continue to be
available in the region - through shortwave radio transmissions in
English, Urdu, Hindi, Dari and Pashto. As well as providing an
important source of news to the region, the South Asian language
services have brought added depth to the BBC’s coverage of the Kashmir
story.

The recent introduction of four new languages services for India -
Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu, following additional investment
from the UK Government - has enabled the BBC to offer a wider
portfolio of languages and distribution methods to a region that is
geographically diverse as well as politically tense. This year’s
Global Audience Measure for the BBC showed that India is now the World
Service’s largest market, with a weekly audience of 50m.

Source BBC press release
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/world-service-steps-up-broadcasts-in-kashmir