Newsday (radio series)
Genre | News, current events, and factual |
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Running time | Weekdays 0306-0330, 0400-0730 GMT |
Country |
United Kingdom South Africa |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC World Service |
Host(s) |
Lawrence Pollard Lerato Mbele Andrew Peach Julian Keane Bola Mosuro Nuala McGovern Alan Kasujja |
Recording studio |
Broadcasting House BBC Johannesburg |
Air dates | since 23 July 2012 |
Newsday is BBC World Service's international early morning news and current affairs programme. It premiered on 23 July 2012.[1] Replacing The World Today and Network Africa, the programme has a particular focus on Africa. It was expected at its launch that the programme would have one of the largest audiences - if not the largest - of any radio programme in the world.[2]
History
Newsday was launched on 23 July 2012, replacing The World Today and Network Africa. For the first three weeks the programme was broadcast from the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London. During its first six weeks it featured interviews with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Malawian President Joyce Banda, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka, and former President of the African National Congress Youth League Julius Malema.
Presenters
Years | Presenter | Current role | Time (UK) | Location |
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2012–present | Nuala McGovern | Main presenters | Monday - Wednesday (0300-0600) | London |
2012–present | Alan Kasujja | London | ||
2012–present | Bola Mosuro | Main presenters | Thursday - Friday (0300-0600) | London |
2012–present | Julian Keane | London | ||
2012–present | Lawrence Pollard | Main presenters | Monday - Friday (0600-0830) | London |
2012–2013 | Lerato Mbele | Johannesburg | ||
2012–present | Andrew Peach | London | ||
2012–present | Tom Hagler | Main presenters | Occasional presenters | London |
2012–present | Tulip Mazumdar |
Interviews
Newsday interviews featured on BBC News website
Several Newsday interviews have been written up as online stories for BBC News Online. Headlines and links to the stories are below:
- "Malawi's Joyce Banda: 'I am a servant of the people'" 25 August 2012
- "Drowned Somali runner remembered by her sister." (21 August 2012)
- "Julius Malema: 'Workers must refuse to sell their labour'." 6 September 2012
- "South Sudan's Marial 'overjoyed' at Olympics chance." (23 July 2012)
- "Jamaica's first golden giant: Arthur Wint remembered on Newsday." 5 August 2012
- "Bolt's family 'on top of the world', says Aunt Lilly." 10 August 2012
- "Kiprotich ends Uganda's marathon wait for Olympic gold." 13 August 2012
- "Dragons' Den's Doug Richard to help Nigeria business." 14 August 2012
- "Somali: MPs sworn in to historic parliament." 20 August 2012
- "Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai set to marry after court victory." 13 September 2012
Social media
Newsday invites listeners to comment on issues covered in the programme on social media. On Twitter, it uses the hashtag #BBCNewsday and tweets from the @bbcworldservice[3] and @BBCAfrica[4] Twitter profiles. On Facebook, it posts on the BBC World Service[5] and BBC Africa[6] pages. Newsday uses these social media profiles Mon-Fri, 2100-0900.
Audience reaction
Immediate audience reaction to Newsday was overwhelmingly hostile. The BBC invited listeners to comment on its own website. Of the 39 comments posted only one was favourable. The programme's format drew particular scorn for its shallowness and concentration on one continent's news at the expense of the rest.[7]
See also
- BBC World Service, the home of Newsday
- BBC News
- BBC World News, The BBC's international television station
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/270612-newsday.html
- ↑ http://www.dailyguideghana.com/?p=55932
- ↑ https://www.twitter.com/bbcworldservice
- ↑ https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/bbcworldservice
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/bbcafrica
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2012/07/introducing_world_service_radi.html
External links
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