RIYADH — The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation will now be called the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, according to an announcement by its Board of Directors, which reached the decision at a meeting held recently under the chairmanship of its chairman Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad, minister of media, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said Sunday.

In remarks today, Dawood Bin Abdulaziz Al-Shiryan, executive president of the Authority, said that the abbreviation of the new name SBA is designed to remove confusion with the recently-launched Saudi Broadcasting Channel (SBC).

-- SPA