How to listen to BBC World Service in Australia, New Zealand and the South-West Pacific

31 March 2011

There are no BBC short-wave transmissions for Australia or New Zealand, but there are several other ways to listen:

Local stations

BBC World Service has numerous local AM and FM partner stations in the region which broadcast selected BBC World Service programmes or segments of programming.

Find out what FM and AM frequencies BBC World Service is broadcast on in English.

Listening in Australia via satellite

In Australia, BBC World Service is broadcast 24 hours a day direct-to-home via the following operators:

Optus Aurora
Austar
Foxtel