Liverpool England Organisation Fédérale de Diffusion

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Organisation Fédérale de Diffusion
Bundessendeanstalt
Federal Broadcasting Organisation
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Type Broadcast radio and television
Country LEflag2.PNG Liverpool England
Availability    International
Broadcast headquarters Orean, Liverpool England (Television)
Ad'ihan, Liverpool England (Radio)
Key people Jim Thomas, Director-General
Television output BSA One, BSA Two, OFD3, BSA4, News Five, WeatherWatch, OFD Monde
Radio output Federal Radio One, Radio BSA Two, BSA SportThree, OFR
Website http://www.ofd.org.len (.gov.len also works)

Organisation Fédérale de Diffusion (OFD [English: Federal Broadcasting Organisation], German: Bundessendeanstalt or BSA [English: Federal Broadcasting Agency]) is the official state-funded broadcaster in Liverpool England. However, it is not run by the state.

Name

The official name of the organisation is the French one, Organisation Fédérale de Diffusion. However, this is name (and the accompanying acronym) is only used in its French broadcasts. All other broadcasts use the German acronym BSA. To complicate things further, the primary broadcast language of the BSA/OFD is English. However, as there is no official English name, all English-language stations have to use the BSA acronym.

Broadcasts

There are seven television and four radio stations under the OFD. Of these, nearly all (except BSA Two on TV and BSA SportThree on radio) are available internationally. However, currently the stations are only broadcast in Liverpool England (and WeatherWatch across The Heartland). Of the six TV stations, four broadcast in English, two in French and one in German. There is also one French-language radio station, but no German one. Additionally, Radio Ad'ihan International is also simulcast overnight on Radio BSA Two (and the French version on OFR). The broadcast headquarters of OFD television are in Orean, while the radio headquarters are in Ad'ihan.

Television

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  • BSA One - General programming, with news breaks when necessary and an hour of nightly news.
  • BSA Two - Other programming (sports, culture, the arts and music), with news breaks when necessary.
  • OFD3 - French-language channel. General programming, with hourly 5-minute news bulletins.
  • BSA4 - German-language channel. General programming, with hourly 5-minute news bulletins and an hour of nightly news.
  • News Five - 24-hour news channel and related programming.
  • WeatherWatch - 24-hour channel focussing on Heartland weather, especially tropical cyclones, with news breaks when necessary.
  • OFD Monde - French-language 24-hour news channel and related programming.

Radio

  • Federal Radio One (or just Radio One) - Mainly news, talk shows and related programming. Overnight broadcast of easy listening instrumental music, with news break when necessary.
  • Radio BSA Two - More laid back, more music. Five-minute hourly news bulletins. Overnight simulcast transmission of Radio Ad'ihan International.
  • BSA SportThree - Dedicated to international sport. Five-minute news bulletins every three hours. Has LIVE coverage of certain sporting events.
  • OFR - French-language radio channel. News, music, and sport. Four hours of overnight simulcast with the French-language stream of Radio Ad'ihan International.