Finding a New British Asian Sound on BBC Radio The South Asian diaspora in Britain and BBC Radio

This book explores the contrasting responses to the South Asian diaspora in Britain of BBC local radio and BBC network radio. It highlights the hidden history of how BBC local radio stations developed a schedule of five thousand hours a year of programmes targeted at South Asian communities in Engla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCarthy, Liam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. BBC Radio and the South Asian Diaspora
  • Chapter 3. Failing the Diversity Test: The BBC and the Legacy of a Policy Vacuum
  • Chapter 4. Finding a New ‘British Asian Sound’
  • Chapter 5. Making a British Asian Sound: The Pioneers of Asian Radio on the BBC
  • Chapter 6. Networking the British Asian Sound: The BBC Asian Network and BBC Local Radio./