BBC has announced that it will downsize its head count, 382 jobs worldwide. It will close BBC Arabic radio after 84 years, and will also close the Persian radio due to cost, inflation and licencing fees.
BBC’s Arabic and Persian radio stations will be axed by BBC World Service as part of its plans to scrap linear broadcast content to digital broadcast content. The move will cost approximately 382 people their jobs worldwide.
BBC Arabic radio will also be shut down after 84 years of service.
The other radio services that will end are Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Hindi, Indonesian, Tamil, and Urdu, BBC said, adding that the languages that will become online-only are Chinese, Gujarati, Igbo, Indonesian, Pidgin, Urdu, and Yoruba.
“No language services will close, and the World Service will still “serve audiences during moments of jeopardy”, ensuring that people in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Afghanistan will still be able to access the BBC’s news services,” the BBC said.
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