Category: World Service
Date: 19.07.2006
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91Èȱ¬ World Service will broadcast one of its flagship news and current affairs
programmes, The World Today, from Seattle, Washington, USA on Monday 24 July Pacific (Tuesday 25 July GMT).
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Co-presented from the 91Èȱ¬'s London studio and one of Seattle's newest
landmarks, the Central Library, the three-hour live broadcast will focus on the
city's place in the future of the global technology.Ìý
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Along with the 91Èȱ¬
airwaves, the programme will be broadcast by the 91Èȱ¬ World Service partner public
radio station in Seattle, KUOW 94.9.Ìý
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Presenter George Arney will talk to Seattle's leading figures, such as former
Governor of Washington State, Gary Locke; former Microsoft Strategist, Robert
Scoble; Head of Microsoft Emerging Markets Department, Craig Fiebig, and Leader
of the Development Team for Boeing 787, Mike Bair.
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George Arney says:Ìý"Through broadcasts like
this we get closer to our audiences across the world, putting their lives in the
global context.
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"We will be channelling the views of people in Seattle to our
listeners and online users worldwide, while also bringing the global
technological, environmental and political agenda to Seattle."
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Programme Director of KUOW 94.9 Seattle, Jeffrey Hansen, adds: "KUOW 94.9 Seattle
is excited to have the 91Èȱ¬ World Service here in Seattle to broadcast The World
Today live.
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"We've always had very strong positive feedback from listeners on the
91Èȱ¬ programmes on our schedule, and we were happy to support the broadcast."
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This will be the second broadcast of The World Today from the West Coast of the
United States within a week.Ìý
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The other programme is to be broadcast on Thursday 20
July PT (Friday 21 July GMT) from San Diego, California, focusing on immigration
and issues of mid-term elections in the US.
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This programme is supported and will
be rebroadcast by 91Èȱ¬ World Service's partner public radio station in San Diego,
KPBS.
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The World Today from Seattle will be broadcast from 1600 to 1700 and from 1900
to 21.00 PT on Monday 24 July (2300 to 2400 and 0200 to 0400 GMT on Tuesday
25 July).
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