Gurkha
Radio Shorncliffe
Shorncliffe is the centre for the BFBS Gurkha Radio which broadcasts 24 hours of programmes for a more native language speaking audience worldwide. We have links with Kathmandu and Brunei since November 2003 and January 2004 respectively.
Currently,
BFBS Gurkha Radio UK broadcasts live to Gurkhas in Shorncliffe,
Bramcote, Catterick, Maidstone, Aldershot, Sandhurst, Brecon, York
and Hullavington. We
also broadcast live via satellite to Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iraq and
Kosovo.
The main aim of the Gurkha Radio is to establish a link with home for soldiers and their families and to help them feel more at home. We also interview soldiers and their families about life in Britain, sharing experiences in Nepal, Brunei and in the UK. We broadcast fresh home news, current affairs, family favourites, interviews, traditional Nepalese programmes as well as patriotic, devotional and Hindi music. We run competitions, women’s programmes, children’s programmes, requests and dedications, poetry recitals, story telling and religious programmes. We also do live phone-in programmes where families and soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq and Cyprus can dedicate messages and songs to their loved ones. We also broadcast live unit news by the appointed BFBS representatives.
The trial of Gurkha radio in the UK was conducted from 5th September
to 2nd October 1998 at Church Crookham in Hampshire under the initiation
of Col APM Griffith, then Major, 2IC 1 RGR. Because of the overwhelming
success of the trial, the station at Shorncliffe was officially
opened by the former Colonel Brigade of Gurkhas, Col WF Shuttlewood
OBE on 20 November 2000.
Dedications
Those wishing to dedicate songs or record messages for their loved ones back home through the family favourites programmes please contact us.
Meet the Presenters
Read the biographies of all of our Gurkha presenters in Kathmandu, Shorncliffe and Brunei - click here
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