BFBS Radio in Afghanistan now has it's dusty boots firmly under the table.
Our studios are at Camp Bastion, from where we broadcast music & fun, news & sport and requests & dedications; from and to you, across the whole of the Forces' World and in the UK on DAB Digital Radio.
On Bank Holiday Monday 31st May, BBC Radio 1 and BFBS Radio joined together for the forces takeover with a whole day of dedications and link ups with our studio in Camp Bastion. In this exclusive video we go behind the scenes at BBC Radio 1 in London and BFBS in Afghanistan.
Jessie Aru is on air each weekday with 'Ops Breakfast'; broadcasting to Op Herrick and the UK from 0630 - 0930 Afghanistan time (0300 - 0600 UKT). You can also hear Jessie on Saturday Breakfast from 0730 -1030 Afghanistan time (0400 -0700 UKT)
Join Jessie every weekday morning for Ops breakfast, live from our studios in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
Each day she'll be waking up the Forces on Herrick 12 with a look at the UK newspapers, football gossip, and playing the brilliantly titled "Herrick Head quiz". Wherever you are in the forces world, you can listen in too! She's online at BFBS.com, in the UK on DAB Digital Radio and Sky guide number 0211. That's Jessie on Ops Breakfast from 3am UK time which is 630 Afghanistan
Ritchard Hatch is live from 1030 - 1330 (0600-0700 in the UK), with another hour covering the Forces' World 1630 - 1730 (1200 - 1300 UKT).
It's easy to send a dedication to a loved one on Ops.
Dedicated message line: 01494 372 786 and leave a message
E-mail: ops@bfbs.com
Text: 07740 377 377 starting your message with OPS and a space
Website: Submit a message at www.bfbs.com/messages
Write to: BFBS Radio, Bastion 2, BFPO 792
And now it's much easier for troops in Afghanistan to send a message back home. BFBS Radio has been on DAB digital radio in the UK since April 2009 so friends and families can listen from Lossiemouth to Plymouth. If you're on Ops, send a message by calling a local number from a military red phone, click www.bfbs.com/messages or, better still, pop in and see the BFBS Radio team at our studio in Bastion 2 (right next to the NAAFI). UK-based listeners can also tune in via their TV on Freesat Channel 786, or Sky Guide 0211.
Our Afghanistan shows are on DAB, Sky and Freesat from 0200-0700 UKT and 1200-1300 UKT Monday to Friday.
‘It’s 0630 on Monday October 26th 2009 – Good Morning Afghanistan’
BFBS radio is the ONLY live service in Afghanistan. Our local service has been on air since October 2009, launching with The Boo Radley’s ‘Wake up Boo’….the song chosen by our listeners with 10 lucky people winning a Pure One Mini DAB digital radio each (see the video below). They were thrilled, especially as our programmes can be heard on DAB Digital Radio in the UK as well as through your Sky TV on radio guide 0211 and Freesat channel 786. Why not treat yourself to a new DAB digital radio and listen to exactly what your loved ones are listening to in Afghanistan.
The presentation team wakes up our troops in theatre with a live Breakfast Show followed by a live Morning Show…….tune in every weekday afternoon for the link up hour at 1200 UK time live from Afghanistan to the Forces world with Forces stories as well as your dedications, requests and news from home.
And don’t forget Access All Areas – our Sunday lunchtime programme, linking the Forces world for 4 hours – no other station has the ability or technology to connect the Forces and their families wherever they may be. Join us every Sunday from 10 o’clock UK time.
BFBS Radio Afghanistan went live on air on Monday 26th October 2009. See the launch video below ...
On Sunday 23rd May we had a very special guest on Access All Areas. As well as our live link up featuring all your messages and requests from around the forces world we were joined in the first hour of the programme by David Beckham who arrived in Afghanistan for a goodwill visit and visited our Camp Bastion studios during the first hour of Access All Areas as part of his whistle stop visit to theatre.
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