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BBC Radio
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United Kingdom (1927 – present)
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.
The BBC today runs ten national domestic radio stations, four of which are only available in a digital format: via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus live streams and listen again on the Internet.
The “main” radio stations, available via both analogue (FM & AM frequencies) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), are:
BBC Radio 1 - youth oriented, mostly contemporary pop music (including Top 40 singles), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 2 - adult oriented entertainment, wide range of music - especially adult contemporary and middle of the road, also talk, comedy, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 3 - arts and high culture, special-interest music (classical, jazz, world music), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 4 - news, current affairs, arts, original in-house drama, original in-house first-run comedy, science, books and religion
BBC Radio 5 Live - news, sports, talk.
The new Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) only radio stations are:
BBC Radio 1Xtra - new urban music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
The BBC today runs ten national domestic radio stations, four of which are only available in a digital format: via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus live streams and listen again on the Internet.
The “main” radio stations, available via both analogue (FM & AM frequencies) and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), are:
BBC Radio 1 - youth oriented, mostly contemporary pop music (including Top 40 singles), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 2 - adult oriented entertainment, wide range of music - especially adult contemporary and middle of the road, also talk, comedy, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 3 - arts and high culture, special-interest music (classical, jazz, world music), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
BBC Radio 4 - news, current affairs, arts, original in-house drama, original in-house first-run comedy, science, books and religion
BBC Radio 5 Live - news, sports, talk.
The new Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) only radio stations are:
BBC Radio 1Xtra - new urban music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts & music documentaries.
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- dogbone22, TokenEskimo, BettyYoung and 4 other people added BBC Radio to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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- bernts tagged BBC Radio with ‘english’ and ‘podcast’. last month
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- rreddy55 tagged BBC Radio with ‘news’ and ‘bbc’. August 2008
- rreddy55 and coreware added BBC Radio to their libraries. August 2008
- ilovestarburst connected BBC Radio to the group Stephen Fry Appreciation Society. August 2008
- horribleheidi, kellypop, jim0203 and 2 other people added BBC Radio to their libraries. August 2008
