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BBC Radio 4 is the second-most-popular British domestic radio station by total hours, [8] after Radio 2.It recorded its highest audience, of 11 million listeners, in May 2011, [9] and was "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2023 Radio Academy Awards.
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.
BBC Radio 3 Unwind. 4 November 2024 Classical and meditation music — — (12B future) — — — BBC Radio 4 1 August 1967 BBC Home Service • 1939–1967 BBC Regional Programme • 1930–1939: Spoken-word programming: LW 198 92.5–96.1 103.5–104.9: 12B 704 0104 904
4–5 January – Adil Ray presents the second and third of his three festive programmes for Smooth Radio. [7] 6 January Aaron Paul begins presenting breakfast on BBC Radio London from Mondays to Thursdays; Riz Lateef continues with the show on Fridays. [8] Kirsty Gallacher joins the Gold network to present Gold Radio Drive on weekdays. [9]
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 ...
24 July – BBC Radio 1 Relax closes after 3 years of broadcasting, and BBC Radio 4 LW no longer shows up on BBC Sounds, as the schedule carried the same output from BBC Radio 4 FM. [259] 28 July – Central Radio acquires online radio station Triple M Radio. [260]
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]
When BBC Radio 4 took over the longwave frequency from Radio 2 on 23 November 1978, the Shipping Forecast was moved to Radio 4 to keep it broadcasting on longwave. As part of the BBC's plans to switch off BBC Radio 4 longwave transmissions, it reduced daily broadcasts of the Shipping Forecast to the FM simulcast schedule of twice on weekdays ...