BBC World Service
Announcing Topline Zero
On Monday, May 6th, APM and the BBC Partner Hub welcomed Topline Zero to the BBC morning offer. Like Toplines 1-6, it is a 1:29 feed of the world’s most important unfolding stories, curated for U.S. audiences and made to complement your schedule and the Morning Edition® clock. Available from 5:18-5:52 am ET Monday through Friday, Topline Zero will join the 6 other unique hourly Topline feeds offered every weekday via Content Depot until 11:52 am ET. To learn more about Topline Zero and the existing feeds Toplines 1-6, visit apmdistribution.org.
Nuala McGovern to host Women’s Hour on BBC’s Radio 4
BBC’s domestic channel Radio 4 has today announced that after a highly competitive process, Nuala McGovern has been appointed to present Woman’s Hour on Monday – Wednesday each week. Nuala will continue to be a regular presenter on BBC Newshour presenting the program once a week and will be one of the hosts of World Service English’s US Election night coverage. More details to come.
Dave McGuire joins BBC Monitoring
After 11 years bringing you Topline, Climate Watch and a wide selection of documentaries, our colleague Dave McGuire, who is based in the BBC’s Washington DC bureau, will be taking an 18-month break from the BBC World Service Partner Hub to take up a new position with BBC Monitoring.
BBC Partner Hub Editor, Rob Hugh-Jones: “Dave has been a wonderful member of the team over many years, and we wish him all the very best in this 18-month attachment with our colleagues at BBC Monitoring.”
The BBC and APM are currently recruiting for Dave’s replacement.
Liliane Landor leaves the BBC World Service
Liliane Landor, Senior Controller of BBC News International Services and BBC World Service Director, has decided to leave the BBC later this year. You may read the official press release here.
Liliane leaves the World Service in good strength, transforming their services in response to audience demand and providing content that delivers the greatest impact. To this end, the BBC are investing in programming that increases engagement with audiences in the US and around the world across business, science, culture, and documentaries alongside their core quality news offer.
Five New Call to Mind Specials for May Mental Health Awareness Month
Join Call to Mind for a new Mental Health Awareness Series for May Mental Health Awareness Month. Host Kimberly Adams guides you through five new episodes exploring emerging issues and research on vital issues in mental health. Each hour features compelling interviews with top experts, the voices of people living with mental illness, and sound-rich stories from across the country. Read more here.
Titles in the series:
- The Homelessness Crisis and Mental Health
- The Burden of Being
- Incarcerated with Mental Illness
- Schizophrenia: Finding Hope on a Hard Road
- Birth and Depression: The Unspoken Conversation
APM Presents: May Specials
Check out our specials about the Russian press, K-Pop, and more.
California Love: K-Pop Dreaming – Moon Night
Available now – May 31, 2024
How We Survive: The Worth of Water
Available now – June 30, 2024
The Poetry Café
Available now – June 30, 2024
How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong**
Available now – June 30, 2024
How Does the Russian Propaganda Machine Work? Are There Lessons for the United States?
Available now – July 31, 2024
Early Risers: Breaking Silence
Available May 22 – September 4, 2024
**How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong is now available in Spanish. Contact your APM Rep for more information if you’d like to broadcast the Spanish-language version**For our full list of specials please visit our APM Presents homepage.
BBC’s Unexpected Elements now on ContentDepot
By popular demand, the BBC’s new fun and engaging one-hour science program is now available on Content Depot for your automating ease! Satisfy your listeners requests for MORE SCIENCE with Unexpected Elements — The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. Listen to a sample episode here. This program is included as part of your BBC subscription.
Listen to a sample episode here
Marketplace and APM Research Labs Offer Localized Reporting
The APM Research Lab, Marketplace and APM Distribution are testing the viability of a project we’ve internally code-named MERLEN– Marketplace Easily Reportable Localized Economic Numbers.
Starting with employment data from the monthly jobs and unemployment report, this project automates analysis of national data and puts the local data in national context. We then provide script-ready analysis of the information tailored to local markets for use by local stations for web stories, social media and on-air. Over the next several months we intend to expand to other data sets, possibly including housing starts, gross domestic product, poverty rates, and inflation reports.
Our beta group includes KNOW, KCFR, KPCC/LAist, WGCU and WVXU. Recently, WGCU published this article with the data MERLEN provided. We’re thrilled to contribute to local reporting in this way and hope to expand the program to include more station participants. If you are interested in learning more, let your Station Relations Rep know.
Reminders
BBC Topline Promos
New BBC Topline promos are now available in ContentDepot. They can be downloaded in the Promotional Materials section.
Spring Fundraisers
Spring fundraisers are now available on Content Depot. Follow the links below:
- BBC Newshour
- Marketplace
- Marketplace Morning Report
- Marketplace Tech
- The Daily
- On Point
- Splendid Table
Welcome Additions
- KJZZ – BBC Unexpected Elements
- WTJZ – BBC Unexpected Elements
- WVPS – The Daily