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SBS Radio axes 12 languages and discontinues World News in broadcasting revamp

November 20, 2017 10:25

SBS has restructured its non-English radio services with 12 language services axed, the SBS World News Radio analogue program discontinued and seven new languages added, following  review of network’s programming after the 2016 census.

As a result of the changes Kannada, Tongan, Norwegian, Cook Island Maori, Fijian, Swedish and the English spoken African program will all be discontinued, while Lithuanian, Malay, Latvian, Danish and Maori have been in recess for the last year and a half.

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Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019.

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Clickbait headline 20 Nov 17

“AXES 12 LANGUAGES”… oh they also added 7 new ones.

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