British Forces Broadcasting Service

broadcasts radio and television programmes for the British military
Organization Broadcast Network Q81617

Facts

16 properties

Status and dates

Inception
1943[5]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1943 uk_ccuk 1964-05-11 edition 2026-10-01 · ogl-3.0 ↗

Location

Industry and activity

Financials

Employees
291 (211–291, n=7)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Total revenue
24,739,000 GBP, 26,016,000 GBP, 27,563,000 GBP, 27,168,000 GBP, 28,289,000 GBP, 28,774,000 GBP, 29,315,000 GBP, 31,985,000 GBP, 32,261,000 GBP

Relations

Owner of
Trial Woking[16]
More facts +6
Has part(s) of the class
radio station
Number of volunteers
8.0, 4.0
Revenue
32.3M (24.7M–32.3M, n=9)
Social media followers
94k (62k–94k, n=3)
🏷️ Also known as
en British Forces Broadcasting Service en BFBS de BFBS de BFBS Radio el Υπηρεσία Ραδιοτηλεόρασης Βρετανικών Δυνάμεων en-gb BFBS es BFBS es British Forces Broadcasting Service es Servicio de Radiodifusión de las Fuerzas Británicas fi BFBS fi British Forces Network fr BFBS id BFBS it BFBS ja BFBS英国軍放送ラジオ ja ブリティッシュ・フォーシズ・ブロードキャスティング・サービス nl BFBS tr BFBS zh 英國三軍廣播服務
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
167785483
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92053231
GND ID
5229247-2
Broadcast Radio Bearer URI
dab:ce1.c1ce.c5e0.0, dab:ce1.c1cc.cbdc.0
Charity Commission no.
233480
Facebook username
BFBSRadio
Freebase ID
/m/01_zfx
J9U entity ID
987007461488205171
Muck Rack media outlet ID
forces-2
Museum-digital person/organization ID
33113
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
4794
X (Twitter) username
forcesnews, ForcesNews
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📚 Sources · 1
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Industry 1
Legal form 1
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Summary

British Forces Broadcasting Service is a broadcast network[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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