Television did not arrive on the island until 2001, and the two channels available are BFBS 1 and 2 British Forces Broadcasting Service from the Falkland Islands.

Neither BFBS Radio nor BFBS Television carry commercial advertising.

The logo of BFBS Television

In the early 1960s a BFBS Engineer named John Bull promoted the idea that BFBS could have a Television Broadcast service for a relatively low cost and demonstrated this by building his own Television Station broadcasting from his home in Nicosia, Cyprus two nights a week.

It was known as SSVC Television between 1985 and 1997, when it reverted to the BFBS name.

BFBS Television is broadcast in some areas as a terrestrial service, but is encrypted for copyright reasons, as it is intended solely for HM Forces and their families.

Since 2009 there have been four BFBS Television services:

* BFBS Television

* Pete Simester ( now at BFBS Television )

Rhodes began her career in news journalism, being the anchor for Anglia Television ’ s daily evening news programme for seven years in addition to presenting network holiday and travel programmes, her own daily interview series on Lifestyle Television, Radio 2, Premier Radio and other long-term programmes for London Weekend, Thames and BFBS Television.

Nova Radio started life as 107. 7 WFM and launched in October 1999 with jingles produced by Steve England, the original presenter line-up included Anthony Ballard ( now at BFBS ), Steve Carpenter, Chris Criddle ( now working at The Breeze ), Scott Temple ( now working at The Breeze ), and Andy Saunders ( now at Cheddar's Pulse Radio ).

Gary's career started in Cornwall working for the local BBC Radio Station before moving on to read the news on BBC Network Radio and British Forces Radio ( BFBS ).

The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS ) provides radio and television programmes for HM Forces, and their dependents, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Kosovo, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Tristan da Cunha as well as a live satellite service to Royal Navy ships at sea.

BFBS broadcasts to service personnel, their families and friends all over the world with local radio studios in Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, and Northern Ireland and operational areas from the studio in Afghanistan.

The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS ) radio services are widely available on FM across Germany.

During the 1960s, he presented the weekly Top Twenty Show, a one-hour British pop music charts count-down broadcast in Northern Germany every Saturday on the BFBS ( British Forces Broadcasting Service ).

The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS ) operates two radio stations on FM, BFBS1 and BFBS2 and a private cable television network.

The single remained on the chart for two months, by far the band's longest run for any of its singles ; later, on 26 October 2009, BFBS Forces Radio launched its live Afghanistan studio output with the track after it topped a listeners poll seeking a suitable first track.

BFBS Radio also maintains a live local station on the site.

BFBS Radio's three stations broadcast on a combination of local FM and AM analogue frequencies, via live streaming at bfbs. com / listen, on Sky Channel 0211, Freesat Channel 786, and since April 2009 on DAB Digital Radio in the UK.

In addition, BFBS radio is heard by troops in Ascension Island, Belgium, the Netherlands, Naples and Stavanger as well as onboard Royal Navy ships at sea via live satellite links, on the World Wide Web at BFBS. com / Radio and on Sky Digital channel 0211, via a Eutelsat 28A transponder.

The BFBS Berlin frequency was given up on Dec 12, 1994.

The Forces Station BFBS is a music, news, entertainment and community service providing bespoke content to the global Forces Community with a focus on Forces News and connecting the Forces communities with around the world.

Bulletins are broadcast around the clock on BFBS Radio and BFBS Gurkha Radio, and during BFBS Radio 2's music programming.

Many of the programmes on BFBS Radio 2 are sourced from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Five Live, including the soap opera The Archers, which was popular in Hong Kong until BFBS Radio ceased broadcasting on 30 June 1997 before the handover to China.

At midnight on Saturday 12 January 2008, The Forces Station BFBS began a trial period of broadcasting nationwide across the UK on DAB, which ran until 23: 59 on 31 March 2008.

Audience research carried out during the trial concluded that it was successful, and The Forces Station BFBS now broadcasts nationally on DAB Digital Radio.

Bespoke news bulletins are broadcast every hour, 24 hours a day, utilising audio from BBC News, IRN and BFBS ' team of Forces News reporters.

On Monday 31 May 2010, BBC Radio 1 teamed up with BFBS transmitting the 10 hour takeover show from Camp Bastion with BFBS presenters and shout outs from the military community, and repeated the link-up in 2011.

In December 2011, Smooth Radio broadcast their national breakfast show, presented by Simon Bates, from the BFBS studios in Camp Bastion.

British Forces and their families living at BATUS in Canada have access to BFBS 1, a limited amount of BFBS 2 and BFBS 3 and Sky News on a 7 hour timeshift from CET.

In 2011, it was reported in The Guardian that the Ministry of Defence planned to put the contract to operate BFBS to competitive tenders, with a new contractor operating the service from 2013.

Thiepval Barracks is also home to BFBS radio in Northern Ireland with the community station Lisburn FM transmitting across the city of Lisburn on 100. 6FM

The BBC World Service broadcasts here, as do AFN and BFBS.

There is also a service known as BFBS Navy TV, which broadcasts time-shifted versions of the channel to Royal Navy vessels around the world via military satellite.

During the day, the television channel that BFBS 2 / 3 broadcasts on plays BFBS Radio 1.

She broadcasts on numerous radio stations, including BFBS, BBC Radio Five Live, Radio 2, The Asian Network and many regional stations.

The Falkland Islands Radio Service ( FIRS ) operates a radio network in conjunction with the BBC World Service, while the British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS ) operates three networks of its own.

He was a frequent listener to the BBC World Service and the BFBS.

After developing a passion for radio early on, Allinson chose a career in the industry and can now be heard on the BBC Radio network, most often on BBC Radio 2, and on BFBS ( British Forces ) radio.

Allinson has been heard on the various BFBS ( British Forces ) radio networks since 1980, first on Most Wanted for BFBS Radio 1, where he played mostly new music with a cutting edge, later moving to BFBS UK and others, and moved to BFBS Radio 2 in 2003 presenting in a style which the public have grown accustomed to with his shows on BBC Radio 2.

His boss at BFBS was Gerald Sinstadt, who, upon their return to England, helped Davies get into BBC Radio in 1963, working concurrently as a sports journalist for The Times.