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| Type | Radio network andwebsite |
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| Availability | International |
| Radio transmitters | Kathmandu Valley (103.0 FM)[1] |
| Endowment | Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK |
| Owner | BBC |
Launch date | 7 June 1969; 55 years ago (1969-06-07) |
| Webcast | www |
Official website | www |
| Language | Nepali |
BBC Nepali (Nepali:बीबीसी नेपाली) is one of the 27 language services provided under theBBC World Service's foreign language output. It broadcasts in theNepali language onFM and over theinternet.
BBC Nepali was launched on 7 June 1969 as a weekly program on theBBC World Service. In the early years the programs were hosted by Nepali students studying in the United Kingdom. In 1970 BBC’s Nepali output became available five days a week, and later was made available on every day of the week. Initially, the programs were directed at BritishGorkha soldiers working inHong Kong. Later it became widely popular in the Nepali community as impartial and trustworthy news broadcasting. Today the broadcasts are received by Nepali speakers worldwide.
Itsshortwave radio broadcasts stopped in March 2011,[2] but was brought back for a while following theApril 2015 Nepal earthquake.[3]
BBC Nepali concentrates onnews,analysis, and discussion. It carries 15 minutes of radio time. As of 2 August 2024, a daily fifteen-minute program calledसांझपख (Saanjhapakh) is transmitted at 21:44Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45).[4] Basically, the fifteen minutes program is concentrated just on news & other certain programmes like BBC common issues program is a very effective program.
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