Newsday (radio programme)

For the TV programme on BBC World News, see Newsday (TV programme).

Newsday is BBC World Service's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012.^[2] It replaced The World Today and Network Africa, the programme that had a particular focus on Africa. It was expected at its launch that Newsday would have one of the largest audiences - if not the largest - of any radio programme in the world.^[3]

Newsday

Genre	News, current events, and factual
Running time	Weekdays 0500–0800 GMT (Online only: 0300-0500 GMT)[1]
Country of origin	United Kingdom South Africa
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service
Hosted by	Lawrence Pollard Lerato Mbele Andrew Peach Julian Keane Bola Mosuro Nuala McGovern Alan Kasujja
Recording studio	Broadcasting House BBC Johannesburg
Original release	23 July 2012
Website	https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w940j

History

Newsday was launched on 23 July 2012, replacing The World Today and Network Africa. For the first three weeks, the programme was broadcast from the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London. During its first six weeks, it featured interviews with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Malawian President Joyce Banda, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka, and former President of the African National Congress Youth League Julius Malema.

In May 2017, the 05:00 GMT edition became a dedicated broadcast featuring news for and from Africa. It is broadcast exclusively on African partner stations. An additional edition of The Newsroom and a replay of a selected programme features on the main BBC World Service network during this time.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role	Time (UK)	Location
2012–2015	Nuala McGovern	Main presenters	Monday - Wednesday (0300–0600)	London
2012–present	Alan Kasujja			London
2012–2023	Bola Mosuro	Main presenters	Thursday - Friday (0300–0600)	London
2012–2019	Julian Keane			London
2012–2021	Lawrence Pollard	Main presenters	Monday - Friday (0600–0830)	London
November 2013 until December 2015	Lerato Mbele			Johannesburg
2012–present	Andrew Peach			London
2012–present	Tom Hagler	Main presenters	Occasional presenters	London
2012–present	Tulip Mazumdar
2015–present	Andrew Wood	Business presenter	Monday - Friday (0300–0530)	Hong Kong
2022–2023	Redi Tlhabi	Main presenter	Monday - Friday (0400–0700)	London

Social media

Newsday invites listeners to comment on issues covered in the programme on social media. On Twitter, it uses the hashtag #BBCNewsday and tweets from the @bbcworldservice^[4] and @BBCAfrica^[5] Twitter profiles. On Facebook, it posts on the BBC World Service^[6] and BBC Africa^[7] pages. Newsday uses these social media profiles Mon-Fri, 21:00–09:00.

See also

• BBC portal

• BBC World Service, the home of Newsday
• BBC News
• Newsday (TV programme), Newsday's sister programme on TV

References

1. "BBC Partners".
2. "BBC - New BBC Radio Breakfast show aimed at African audiences - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
3. "DailyGuide Africa". Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
4. "BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
5. "BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
6. "BBC World Service | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
7. "Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

External links

• Newsday at BBC Online
• BBC Newsday promo trailer