Alan Johnston (with a 'T', mind you), the BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza last year, will be returning to the airwaves hosting the World Service edition of "From Our Own Correspondent".
This represents a change in approach for the WS edition of FOOC -- it has not recently had a steady, marquee host -- unlike the Radio 4 version, which has had Kate Adie for years. This coming weekend marks Johnston's debut with the program. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40024&c=1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/default.stm Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Google Alerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 22, 2008 8:58 AM Subject: Google Alert - "BBC World Service" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Google News Alert for: "BBC World Service" Alan Johnston to host BBC's From Our Own Correspondent Media Newsline - New Delhi,New Delhi,India Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter who was kidnapped in Gaza last year, is the new presenter of From Our Own Correspondent for BBC World Service. ... See all stories on this topic ________________________________ This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Remove this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts. -- Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
