BFBS cuts continue:
Cyprus loses breakfast show

Cuts in the output of British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) Radio continue, with the local breakfast show of BFBS Cyprus produced in Dhekelia the latest casualty. The last edition was broadcast on Friday.

BFBS has confirmed that the staffing of BFBS Cyprus has been reduced from ten to six people. Worldwide, there are reported to have been thirty job losses from a total workforce of 168.

Earlier fears that BFBS2 would be completely closed appear to have been unfounded, but as a cost-cutting measure a number of BBC programmes have been dropped from the schedule, apparently because most of their listeners were civilian expats and foreign workers, and listening figures amongst the forces were low.

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Source: Media Network