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JoseBalow

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10. BBC World Service

Reply to Igel (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:51 PM

Monday

used to do that at the top of every hour right before broadcasting the news. I'm not sure if they still do. I used to listen to that every day when I lived overseas.

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