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BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners. [ 1 ] Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content.
4 April – From that night, BBC Radio 1 'borrows' BBC Radio 2's VHF/FM frequencies for two hours each weeknight – between 10pm and midnight. 28 November – David Hamilton's afternoon show is now heard on BBC Radio 2 only following the withdrawal of the 1975 economy measures. Sheila Tracy joins, and David Gell leaves.
Previously, Radio 1 had 'borrowed' BBC Radio 2's FM frequencies for approximately 24 hours each week, gradually reducing at the end of the 1980s until the final 'borrow' took place in March 1990, five months before Radio 2 became the BBC's first FM-only service when on 27 August 1990, BBC Radio 5 began broadcasting on Radio 2's MW frequencies.
BBC Radio Scotland – An English-language radio station for Scotland. BBC Radio nan Gàidheal – A Scottish Gaelic language radio station. BBC Radio Orkney – A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Shetland – A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland.
BBC Radio 2 1 August 1967 BBC Light Programme • 1945–1967: ... FM 95.5 MHz (until 3 Dec 2007) BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988 Gloucestershire: Gloucester:
Wrotham was the first station in the UK to broadcast on VHF/FM, with three services beginning officially on 2 May 1955. It broadcast the Home Service (now Radio 4), the Third Programme (now Radio 3) and the Light Programme (now Radio 2). The frequencies it used for these programmes on FM in 1955 are still in use today.
The BBC today runs national domestic radio stations, six of which are available in analogue formats (via FM or AM), while other have a purely digital format – they can be received via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus live streams and listen again on BBC Sounds. The current stations are:
Presented by Tom Browne, the programme consists of two hours featuring the Radio One playlist tracks which were not in the Top 20, followed by a one-hour Top 20 rundown from 6pm - 7pm, which was carried also on BBC Radio 2's FM transmitters. 1974. 17 March – Solid Gold Sixty is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 for the final time. It is replaced the ...