In case you haven`t yet found this in today`s DXLD, a special from BBCWS is imminent:
** U K. BBC LAUNCHES US08 ELECTION BUS TOUR WITH LIVE DEBATE FROM LA Tomorrow, Wednesday 10 September at 3.00am GMT, BBC World Service will broadcast a live debate from LA centering around the theme: "What does the world want from America?" The debate will be co-hosted by BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say presenter Ros Atkins and KPCC radio station’s Larry Mantle. Panellists are Tom Campbell (Dean of Haas Business School, UCLA, and former Republican Congressman), Kantathi Supamongkhon (Senior Fellow of International Relations, UCLA, and former Foreign Minister of Thailand), Martha de la Torre (CEO of Latin American newspaper El Clasificado and former Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year), Richard Schiff (Toby in ‘The West Wing’ and campaigner for Barack Obama) and Steve Grove (Political Editor of YouTube). The BBC World Service debate will also include questions from a studio audience. Likely topics include foreign policy, the economy, immigration, the environment, the link between the entertainment industry and politics and how new media has transformed campaigning. Video voxpops, filmed around the world, will feature within the debate. Members of the public from countries including Germany, China, Brazil, Pakistan, Kenya, Mexico, Iraq and Afghanistan will voice their opinions on what they want from America and its next President. Notes to Editors: The BBC's US08 Election bus tour will feature BBC journalists travelling from LA to New York, across 16 states. The tour will report to the world what Americans really want from the coming election, and what the rest of the world wants from America. Programming from the tour will be broadcast on BBC World Service English and 12 BBC World Service language services (Persian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic, Kyrgyz, Hindi, Urdu, Pashtu; Albanian, Russian, French and Swahili), BBC World News, BBC News TV, BBC Arabic TV, Radio 1, Radio 5 Live, http://www.bbc.com/uselection and http://www.bbcworldservice.com/talkingamerica Further information: Patricia Lodge, International PR Manager, BBC Global News patricia.lodge @ bbc.co.uk 001 646 256 1484 or +44 7825 996 597 (BBCWS press release Sept 9 via DXLD) Webcast recommended; best SW frequencies in NAm at 0300 are 7160, 6145, 6005. 73, Glenn Hauser _______________________________________________ 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.
