{{Short description|BBC radio programme}} {{For|the TV programme on BBC World News|Newsday (TV programme)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox Radio Show | show_name = Newsday | format = News, current events, and factual | runtime = Weekdays 05:00{{ndash}}08:00 GMT (Online only: 03:00{{ndash}}05:00 GMT)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wspartners.bbc.com/article/media-partner-centre|title = BBC Partners}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom <br /> South Africa | language = English | home_station = BBC World Service<br />BBC Radio 4<br />BBC Live News | syndicates = | television = | presenter = Lawrence Pollard <br /> Lerato Mbele <br /> Andrew Peach <br /> Julian Keane <br /> Bola Mosuro <br /> Nuala McGovern <br /> Alan Kasujja | starring = | announcer = | creator = | writer = | director = | producer = | executive_producer = | narrated = | record_location = Broadcasting House <br /> BBC Johannesburg | first_aired = 23 July 2012 | last_aired = | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | endtheme = | website = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w940j | podcast = }}
'''''Newsday''''' is BBC World Service's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/270612-newsday.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419192902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/270612-newsday.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2013|title=BBC - New BBC Radio Breakfast show aimed at African audiences - Media Centre|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> It replaced ''The World Today'' and ''Network Africa'', the programme that had a particular focus on Africa. It was expected at its launch that ''Newsday'' would have one of the largest audiences - if not the largest - of any radio programme in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyguideghana.com/?p=55932 |location=Accra, Ghana|title=DailyGuide Africa |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312020103/http://dailyguideghana.com/?p=55932 |url-status=dead |newspaper=Daily Guide}}</ref>
==History== ''Newsday'' was launched on 23 July 2012, replacing ''The World Today'' and ''Network Africa''. For the first three weeks, the programme was broadcast from the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London. During its first six weeks, it featured interviews with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Malawian President Joyce Banda, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka, and former President of the African National Congress Youth League Julius Malema.{{CN|date=June 2025}}
In May 2017, the 05:00 GMT edition became a dedicated broadcast featuring news for and from Africa. It is broadcast exclusively on African partner stations. An additional edition of ''The Newsroom'' and a replay of a selected programme features on the main BBC World Service network during this time.{{CN|date=June 2025}}
==Social media== ''Newsday'' invites listeners to comment on issues covered in the programme on social media. On Twitter, it uses the hashtag #BBCNewsday and tweets from the @bbcworldservice<ref name="twitter">{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/bbcworldservice|title=BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) on Twitter|publisher=twitter.com|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> and @BBCAfrica<ref name="twitter2">{{cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica|title=BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) on Twitter|publisher=twitter.com|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> Twitter profiles. On Facebook, it posts on the BBC World Service<ref name="facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/bbcworldservice|title=BBC World Service | Facebook|publisher=facebook.com|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> and BBC Africa<ref name="facebook2">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/bbcafrica|title=Facebook|publisher=facebook.com|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> pages. '' Newsday'' uses these social media profiles Mon-Fri, 21:00–09:00.
==See also== {{Portal|BBC}} * BBC World Service, the home of ''Newsday'' * BBC News * Newsday (TV programme), ''Newsday's'' sister programme on TV
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==External links== *{{BBC programme}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNJdq82zfQ BBC Newsday promo trailer ]
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Category:BBC World Service programmes Category:BBC news radio programmes