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Author Topic: BBCWorld Service 15420 am 1500 utc 30 Mar 2019 - Final Meyerton Transmission  (Read 693 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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Good reception.......Final BBC broadcast from Meyerton (as it is closing after today)

1500 Time pips to Sportworld theme, news of Man City's win return to top of table
1501 News (Brexit)
1505 Sportsworld - Live coverage of Manchester United/Watford match just starting
1528 Goal by Rashford, 1-0 United
1548 "Halftime, 1-0, it took United 28 minuted to create something but after that they were marvelous"
1554 Field reports on other matches - OM talking about Huddlesfield match
1559z Intro to Sportsworld, time pips, YL "This is Sportsword on the BBC World Service" and off (Meyerton forever)

****VOA and Channel Africa will be broadcasting final programs from Meyerton later in the day
« Last Edit: March 30, 2019, 2247 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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