BBC World Service has started broadcasting on FM in Dubai, the latest in a network of FM operations in Gulf Co-operation Council States bringing BBC Arabic to its listeners in high quality sound.
The new service follows the launch in July of BBC Arabic’s FM transmission to listeners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi on 90.3 MHz.
BBC Arabic is now available to listeners in the Gulf region in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, as well as in the United Arab Emirates. It can also be heard on FM in Amman, northern Jordan and neighbouring areas, as well as in Khartoum and Wad Madani in Sudan.
BBC Arabic broadcasts news and current affairs programmes to the region as well as several interactive discussion programmes which enable listeners and users of bbcarabic.com to take part in the discussions. BBC Arabic also broadcasts throughout the Arab world on shortwave and medium wave frequencies.