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BBC Radio 5 was a national radio station that broadcast sports, children's and educational programmes. It ran from 1990 to 1994 and was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz AM . On 28 March 1994, three years and seven months after the station started, it was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live , following the success of rolling news ...
Radio 5 logo used until 2014. NPO Radio 5 was launched in 1983 under the name of Hilversum 5, which featured programming for minority groups. On 1 December 1985 the network changed its name to "Radio 5". This was altered yet again on 1 April 2001, when Radio 5 became "Radio 747" to reflect the change of frequency from 1008 kHz to 747 kHz.
The success of Radio 4 News FM during the first Gulf War (1991) led the BBC to propose the launch of a rolling-news service. Initially the plan was to broadcast a rolling news service on BBC Radio 4's long wave frequency; but this met with considerable opposition, both internally and externally, [6] so the BBC decided to close BBC Radio 5 and replace the old service's educational and children ...
BBC Radio 5 may refer to: BBC Radio 5 (former), a BBC Radio network from 1990 to 1994; BBC Radio 5 Live, a BBC Radio network since 1994;
Radio 5 may refer to: BBC Radio 5 Live, a British radio station; BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, a British radio station; BBC Radio 5 (former), a former British radio station; NPO Radio 5, a Dutch radio station; Radio 5 (Spanish radio station), an all news radio station operated by Radio Nacional de España; WDR 5, a German public radio station
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted through the 1950s, when television gradually superseded radio as the medium of choice ...
March – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is renamed as Radio 5 Sports Extra as part of a rebranding of the BBC. [68] 24 March – For a temporary period, between 1am and 5am, BBC Radio 5 Live stops broadcasting overnight and rebroadcasts BBC World Service's programmes instead. [69] This continues until 2 April.
Among the radio stations managed by RN were Radio Tour Eiffel (1921–1940), Radio PTT (1923–1940), Radio-Paris (1924–1944) and Le Poste colonial (1931–1938, broadcast to the French colonial empire). In regards to television, RN managed Radiodiffusion nationale Télévision.