They also have subsidised radio and television programmes, special schools and university courses, and their own parliament.

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The industrial action has caused disruption to the BBC's news services in Wales, with radio and television programmes curtailed or cancelled.

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It has created radio and television programmes for international networks and to date has publicly presented more than one thousand musical works by women living and working in every part of the world, commissioning over 30 new works each year.

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Some critics thought the BBC was trying to do too much under Milne by expanding local radio and going into breakfast and daytime television, and that programmes were going down market.

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Coverage will also include television and radio preview programmes on Friday, a dedicated North West 200 website and live internet and radio coverage.

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She has also presented a variety of programmes on radio and television including The Quincy Jones Story, The Best of Jazz, Open Forum and The Holiday Programme.

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The email said Mr Rose had been asked by television shows, radio programmes and a major tabloid to talk about their old relationship.

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Meanwhile, Zanu-PF continues to control the country's biggest-selling daily, the sycophantic and turgid Herald, along with all television and radio broadcasting, though some foreign radio stations manage to beam in programmes from abroad.

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Eos has said a settlement with the BBC would need to apply across the corporation, such as Radio 2 where Welsh language records are occasionally played, and on television programmes.

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