The British East Mediterranean Relay Station (BEMRS) was one of the most powerful broadcasting stations in Cyprus. The medium wave transmitters were situated south of Limassol west of Lady's Mile Beach on the area of Western Sovereign Base Area and used for relaying radio programmes to the Middle East area on and with 500 kW.
The short-wave transmitters were located at Zygi .
The station was used for broadcasting BBC World Service programmes from 1957 until April 2015 when transmissions ended. Previously an Arabic-language station (Near East Broadcasting Station), it was taken over by the Diplomatic Wireless Service as a result of the Suez Crisis.
On 1 November 2023, the station was reactivated on by the BBC to provide coverage to the Gaza Strip.
On 17 December 2024, the BBC announced they would resume broadcasting on and to Syria
The medium-wave station had two directional antenna systems each consisting of four free-standing lattice towers with triangular cross section. All the towers were insulated from ground. The antenna system for , which was situated north of the transmitter building, pointed to an azimuth of 110 degrees. Its towers were metres tall. The antenna system for , which was situated south of the transmitter building, pointed in a southerly direction (azimuth 180 degrees). Its towers were tall.