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Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS) |
Live broadcasting
Island-wide from Stanley's radio station. Breakfast show with
music and chat 7-9am, Lifestyle magazine programme 10am-1pm and
popular music Chart Show 4-6pm all Monday to Friday.
Programming continues from 6-10pm Monday to Friday and 5-10pm
Saturday and Sunday. Particular emphasis on local news and
current affairs, weather forecast, flights information, and 'what's
on'. MORE.....
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British Forces Broadcasting Station (BFBS) Radio 1 |
Serving the MPA garrison but also
broadcasting Island-wide. Coverage is popular-music based and
features live DJs at the MPA radio station interspersed with
programmes broadcast from the organisation's UK studios. MORE.... |
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BFBS Radio 2 |
Serving the MPA garrison
but also broadcasting Island-wide. Provides a wide range of
news, current affairs, sport, drama and comedy, including programmes
produced by BBC World Service, Radio 4 and Five Live. MORE..... |
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KTV Radio NOVA (BBC World Service) |
The highly-regarded English-language
programmes of the BBC World Service are retransmitted Island-wide by
KTV as a public service. MORE.... |
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Penguin News |
Weekly newspaper
published on Fridays and found in almost every household.
Provides local news and features, sports coverage, commercial and
classified ads, public notices, job shop, acerbic editorial and
lively letters page. UK and overseas subscriptions available. |
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Falkland Focus |
Daily newspaper featuring local and
international news and events produced one day in every year by
the students of the Community School for entry in the annual Newsday
competition run by the
Times Educational Supplement. 4-time winner of the
International Section. |
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Falkland Islands Gazette |
Official publication of
the Falkland Islands Government, published throughout the year to
record legislation, appointments and other official matters.
Available by subscription (contact the Government Secretariat). |
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Falkland Islands Journal |
Annual digest of historical, geographical,
ecological and other essays about the Falkland Islands.
Available from certain Stanley outlets. |
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Falkland Islands Newsletter |
The newsletter
of the Falkland Islands Association. Includes lots of news and
comment, book reviews, articles and striking photographs. Available by subscription
or from certain Stanley outlets. |
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Falklands Focus |
Glossy news-sheet produced every two
months by the Falkland Islands Government. Available from the
Secretariat in Stanley or from the Falkland Islands Government
Office in London. |
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The Wool Press |
The newsletter of the Department of
Agriculture of the Falkland Islands Government, containing articles
about and for the local farming community. |
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SARTMA |
Independent news
coverage from all the South Atlantic Islands: Ascension, St. Helena,
Tristan de Cunha and the Falklands. |
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| TELEVISION |
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BFBS 1 |
The best of current
British television broadcast Island-wide : news, sport, soaps,
drama, comedy, documentaries, features, kids, music. |
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BFBS 2 |
The 'lads channel' with plenty of films,
sport and adult-themed programmes. Broadcasting is at present
restricted to MPA and Mare Harbour. |
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KTV |
For a one-off
installation and monthly subscription fee viewers can access a
number of channels including BBC World, CNN, Sony TV, Warner
Brothers, HBO (Films), ESPN (Sports), Discovery Channel,
History Channel and People & Arts. |
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Satellite TV |
South American digital satellite TV can be
picked up which often includes an English soundtrack. KTV also offer
a satellite package. |
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