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BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. [1] ... Consequently, the full Radio 4 schedule became available on FM for the first time.
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.
FM 95.5 MHz (until 3 Dec 2007) BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988 Gloucestershire: Gloucester: 1413 104.7 95.0 95.8 10C 735 MW 603 kHz (1988–31 Jan 1992) [10] BBC Radio Wiltshire 4 April 1989 (as BBC Wiltshire Sound) Wiltshire: Swindon — 103.6 103.5 104.3 104.9 10D 11C 721 —
BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, [13] [14] broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays and simulcast on Radio 4 from 01:00-05:20 BST and Radio Cymru from 00:00-05:30 BST. It is politically independent ...
27 August – The launch of Radio 5 sees the full Radio 4 schedule broadcast on FM for the first time. 1991. 17 January–2 March – Radio 4 News FM, the first rolling BBC Radio news service is on air during the first Gulf War. It broadcasts on the station's FM frequencies, with the regular scheduled service continuing on long wave. [28] [29]
Drama (formerly Afternoon Theatre, Afternoon Drama, Afternoon Play) [1] [2] is a BBC Radio 4 radio drama, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm. Generally each play is 45 minutes in duration and approximately 190 new plays are broadcast each year. More or less three-quarters are self-contained dramas.
7 January – The Train at Platform 4 on BBC Radio 4 (2022–Present) [561] 9 January – Jazz Meets Classical, a six-part series exploring the relationship between jazz and classical music on Jazz FM and Scala Radio [562] 18 April – Cool Skool Sketch Show on kmfm [563] 19 May – DMs Are Open on BBC Radio 4 [187]
BBC Radio's sports coverage transfers to the new station from Radio 2 and educational and children's programmes transfer from Radio 4 FM. Consequently, BBC Radio 2 becomes the first national BBC station to broadcast exclusively on FM and the full BBC Radio 4 schedule becomes available on FM for the first time.