- Station name Station name
- BBC World Service
- Description Description
- View the daily broadcast schedule for World Service. Find out what's on now and what's up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead.
- Launch date Launch date
- 19 December 1932
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC World Service
United Kingdom
Format
102kbps • AAC
View the daily broadcast schedule for World Service. Find out what's on now and what's up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
|
|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | bbc.co.uk |
Socials Socials
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Coverage area
Worldwide
Owner / network
BBC
First air date
19 December 1932
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Station details
Station details
6 details
Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 485270 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Owner | BBC |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Launched | 19 December 1932 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
Stream health
Stream health
8 details
Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 19 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Track seen | 1 week ago |
| Stream host | a.files.bbci.co.uk |
| Final host | a.files.bbci.co.uk |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/x-mpegurl |
| Server software | AmazonS3 |
| Latency | 11 ms |
Source information
Source information
1 detail
Where the station information came from, with useful related links.
| Current stream format | AAC |
|---|
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Metadata source
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Wikidata QID
Stream checked
19 hours ago
Last successful stream
19 hours ago
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