British Forces Broadcasting Service

broadcasts radio and television programmes for the British military
Organization broadcast_network Q81617
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British Forces Broadcasting Service

Summary

British Forces Broadcasting Service is a broadcast network[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of broadcast_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Forces Broadcasting Service is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's instance of is recorded as broadcast network[4].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's instance of is recorded as charitable organization[5].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's logo image is recorded as British Forces Broadcasting Service logo.svg[6].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's logo image is recorded as BFBS logo.png[7].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167785483[8].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's GND ID is recorded as 5229247-2[9].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92053231[10].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's Commons category is recorded as British Forces Broadcasting Service[11].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's industry is recorded as mass media[12].
  • +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Forces Broadcasting Service[13].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.588202777778, 'lon': -0.55331666666667}[14].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_zfx[15].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's official website is recorded as https://www.bfbs.com/[16].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+213'}[17].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+211'}[18].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+246'}[19].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+230'}[20].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+235'}[21].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+264'}[22].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+291'}[23].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's legal form is recorded as charitable organization[24].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's owner of is recorded as Trial Woking[25].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's X is recorded as forcesnews[26].
  • British Forces Broadcasting Service's X is recorded as ForcesNews[27].

Body

Founding

+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Forces Broadcasting Service[13].

Industry

British Forces Broadcasting Service's industry is recorded as mass media[12].

Why It Matters

British Forces Broadcasting Service ranks in the top 3% of broadcast_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Muck Rack. Retrieved . muckrack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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