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13 February – At 5.00pm BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live break the news of the death of radio presenter Steve Wright, who died on 12 February. The announcement is followed by on-air tributes from colleagues throughout the radio industry. [51] 14 February –
Local community station The Voice 2 begins broadcasting on DAB digital radio in North Devon, UK. [9] 15 BBC Radio 4 turns off its mediumwave transmitters forever after they served as LW relays for areas with a weak LW signal. [10] CBS Sports Radio rebrands as Infinity Sports Network, resurrecting the Infinity brand used by one of the ...
BBC Radio 1 Anthems is a British online-only radio stream, owned and operated by the BBC and run as a spin-off from BBC Radio 1. The station launched on 8 November 2024 and plays a wide range of music and acts supported by the main Radio 1 network in the 2000s and 2010s. [ 2 ]
Today, colloquially known as the Today programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running morning news and current-affairs radio programme.Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 06:00 to 09:00 (starting on Saturday at 07:00), it is produced by BBC News and is the highest-rated programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks. [1]
BBC Radio 5 Live – news, current affairs, live sport coverage, phone-ins and talk programming, launched in 1994 as a replacement of the original Radio 5. The service is simulcast on BBC Local Radio stations from 01:00 to 06:00 daily. Available on 693 and 909 MW and on digital platforms.
BBC News reports that the UK has sent its first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda after he voluntarily agreed to go. [384] Charles III returns to his public duties for the first time since his cancer diagnosis with a visit to University College Hospital's Macmillan Cancer Centre. He also becomes patron of Cancer Research UK. [385]
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Newsbeat was launched on 10 September 1973 in response to the launch of a network of commercial radio stations across the UK which supplied a news service very different from the style of traditional BBC News. The programme's first presenter was the Radio 1 DJ Ed Stewart and he was succeeded by Laurie Mayer and Richard Skinner. [2]