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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.
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show (also known as The BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show) refers to a range of programming on weekday mornings on BBC Radio 2 since the station's inception on 30 September 1967. The show's longest serving host to date was Sir Terry Wogan , who worked on the programme for over 29 years in two separate stints, from 3 April 1972 ...
The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of BBC Studios. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including ...
Currently, with the exception of BBC Radio 5 Live, all of the BBC's analogue services are provided on FM, although Radio 4 also broadcasts on long wave (MW in some areas) and some Local Radio stations also still broadcast opt-outs on medium wave. BBC policy was to refer to FM as VHF on air until 30 September 1984 when FM became its official term.
From 2011, Alexander was the sports presenter on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. [1] In January 2019, Alexander along with Chris Evans, and several members of the BBC Radio 2 team moved to the Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio, where Alexander continued in his role as the sports reporter and side kick presenter.
RTÉ Radio 1 (current affairs and speech based broadcasting); RTÉ 2fm (rock and pop music); RTÉ lyric fm (classical music plus jazz, world music and arts); RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (the Irish language station targeted at the Gaeltacht, and the Irish language-speaking community of Ireland)
September – BBC Radio 2 ends the practice of having its own team of newsreaders. This role was taken on by journalists. As a result, Colin Berry and Charles Nove both leave. Berry had been a newsreader for the station since 1973. 17 October – BBC Radio 2 axes folk presenter Mike Harding after 15 years with the network. He will host his last ...
Friday Night Is Music Night (known as Sunday Night Is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 from 2020) is a long-running live BBC radio concert programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, broadcast from 1953 to 2023 on the BBC Light Programme and its successor BBC Radio 2, moving to BBC Radio 3 from April 2024. [2] The programme is the world's longest ...