Talk:British Forces Broadcasting Service

iam german my memomory is the dave raven show in the 70s i live in düsseldorf and iam 43 iam sorry that you gone frome düsseldorf lohahausen when i was a child my english is bad i know good luck for you bfbs

The microwave live link.

You suggest (footnote 25) that the BAOR live link started in 1983. This is a long way from accurate. Most of BAOR watched the SAS storm the Iranian Embassy live via the live link. I didn't. I was in class on a German Linguist course at Mühlheim AD Ruhr, which being a minor garrison had not yet got the link. I was also able to watch the 1981 Royal Wedding live, being sat in a room on site guard, a week before my own wedding.

But I'm not going to crayon all over the page. I'll that to somebody to check the facts. AlienFTM (talk) 10:53, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

I corrected the following claims:

• The analogue terrestrial television broadcasts used to be unencrypted, at least in Germany.
• SSVC television was not on the West Berlin cable network (nor anywhere else as far as I know). The reference to the contrary claim to google books leads to nowhere meaningful. If the person who wrote the original paragraph could clarify why he/she thinks otherwhise, I'm happy to discuss.

For reference the original quote:

Until 1994, it was available on cable in West Berlin to non-military audiences.[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=rQN8Ud2RDfGb0AWD-ID4Dw&id=QJgjAQAAIAAJ&dq=ssvc+tv+berlin+neighbours&q=ssvc#search_anchor Zitty, Volume 18, Issues 17-19]

--Anorak2 (talk) 21:09, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

::The link clearly lists BFBS TV among other channels, including AFN, its American counterpart; given that it is in a German language periodical, this suggests that it was available to unentitled viewers.

::Other links:

::On cable you can dull your senses with 24-hours-a-day music videos on MTV (in English), or tune into one of the two armed forces' channels, SSVC from Britain or AFN from the United States. Both show a blend of material from their domestic networks.[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22SSVC%22+%22or+tune+into+one+of+the+two+armed+forces%27+channels%22+%22West+Berlin%22&sca_esv=689b2325b95f8dd1&sca_upv=1&hl=en&tbm=bks&ei=PMN2ZpfgM6HAhbIPubu3kAU&ved=0ahUKEwiX7tzkmu-GAxUhYEEAHbndDVIQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=%22SSVC%22+%22or+tune+into+one+of+the+two+armed+forces%27+channels%22+%22West+Berlin%22&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIkkiU1NWQyIgIm9yIHR1bmUgaW50byBvbmUgb2YgdGhlIHR3byBhcm1lZCBmb3JjZXMnIGNoYW5uZWxzIiAiV2VzdCBCZXJsaW4iSJkaUOERWOERcAB4AJABAJgBbaABbaoBAzAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAvgBAZgCAKACAJgDAIgGAZIHAKAHdA&sclient=gws-wiz-books Berlin], Andrew Gumbel, Cadogan Books, 1991, page 239

::Polemicista (talk) 12:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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Should Forces TV be a separate article? Rillington (talk) 10:57, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

:As it is now defunct, and was comparatively short lived, any stand-alone article would be a stub that would never grow. Here it has context and a place. — TREY MATURIN has spoken 19:10, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I've removed the list of programmes from this article. Number one reason: completely unsourced. Yeah, I know, we all watched Snodgrass and Hopkins or whatever on it, but people watching stuff isn't a good reason to have an unsourced list that attracts vandals, will never be complete and has no use to our readers. There's an argument for links in the opposite direction - from Snodgrass and Hopkins to this article, but I can't see a useful reason for links in the opposite direction. Your opinions on this are welcome. — TREY MATURIN has spoken 19:10, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

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This stub has some useful information to merge, but the stub has been unsourced for 15 years. Can somebody please merge these? Bearian (talk) 23:55, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

:Support merge/redirect. In all honesty I'm not sure there's any supported/relevant content to merge. Personally, and unless there are other proposals, I'd advocate simply redirecting the title to British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service#Local_stations. Guliolopez (talk) 14:50, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

::Bump. @Bearian, unless you (or anyone else) have other thoughts, I'm just going to redirect the BFBS Lisburn title to British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service#BFBS_Northern_Ireland. As an WP:ATD. (There is no cited/mergeable material in the source article and there is enough context in the target (just about) so it won't be an WP:EASTEREGG.) Guliolopez (talk) 13:51, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:::Ok. Bearian (talk) 20:51, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

::::Thanks. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BFBS_Lisburn&diff=1280386804&oldid=1280254005 Done]. Closing. Guliolopez (talk) 09:30, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

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