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The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were televised by a number of broadcasters throughout the world. As with previous years, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) produced the world feed provided to local broadcasters for use in their coverage. [1]
The BBC Radio 2 logo, 2007–2021. In February 2007, Radio 2 recruited Jeff Smith, director of UK and International programming at Napster and a former head of music at Radio 1, as its new head of music. Smith joined the network on 26 March. [11] In the first quarter of 2011, Radio 2 was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers. [12]
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.
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 ...
The first to broadcast was BBC Radio 5 Live Olympics Extra in 2012, then BBC Radio 2 Eurovision launched for the first time in 2014, and was joined by BBC Radio 2 Country, BBC Music Jazz in 2015 and BBC Radio 2 50s in April 2016. When these temporary stations are on air, there is normally a reduction in bit rate of their parent station.
In frequency (and thus energy), UV rays sit between the violet end of the visible spectrum and the X-ray range. The UV wavelength spectrum ranges from 399 nm to 10 nm and is divided into 3 sections: UVA, UVB, and UVC. UV is the lowest energy range energetic enough to ionize atoms, separating electrons from them, and thus causing chemical reactions.
BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Norfolk. It broadcasts on FM , AM , DAB , digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Forum in Norwich . According to RAJAR , the station has a weekly audience of 131,000 listeners and a 6.8% share as of December 2023.
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live and shares facilities, presenters and management, and is a department of the BBC North Group division.