BBC Radio

Division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation

This article is about the BBC's operational division consists in several British radio stations. For the BBC's digital multiplex, see BBC National DAB. For the radio in the United Kingdom, see Radio in the United Kingdom.

BBC Radio

Logo used since 2021

Company type| Division
Industry| Mass media
Founded| 18 October 1922; 102 years ago (1922-10-18)
Headquarters|

Broadcasting House, London
MediaCityUK, Salford

England

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

* Bob Shennan (Group Managing Director, BBC)
* Lorna Clarke – Controller, Pop
* Aled Haydn Jones – Controller, Radio 1
* Helen Thomas – Controller, Radio 2
* Alan Davey – Controller, Radio 3 and Classical
* Mohit Bakaya – Controller, Radio 4 and 4 Extra
* Heidi Dawson – Controller, Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra
* Jonathan Wall – Controller, BBC Sounds
* Graham Ellis – Controller, BBC Audio

Services| Radio broadcasting
Parent| BBC
Website| bbc.co.uk/sounds
BBC Radio

Nationwide

* Radio 1
* Radio 2
* Radio 3
* Radio 4
* Radio 5 Live

Digital-only

* Radio 1Xtra
* Radio 1 Dance
* Radio 1 Anthems
* Radio 3 Unwind
* Radio 4 Extra
* Radio 5 Sports Extra
* Radio 6 Music
* Asian Network

* v
* t
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UK-wide

* Television
* stations
* programmes
* Radio
* stations
* local
* BBC Online
* BBC Red Button
* Ceefax
* iPlayer
* BBC Sounds

Management

* Chairman
* Samir Shah
* Director-General
* Tim Davie
* BBC Board
* BBC Charter

Departments

* BBC Academy
* Archives
* BBC Film
* BBC World Service (Timeline)
* Television
* Design & Engineering
* Monitoring
* News
* Radio
* Sport
* Weather

Nations and regions

* BBC Cymru Wales
* BBC Scotland
* BBC Northern Ireland

* * *

* BBC English Regions

* * *

* Birmingham
* Bristol
* East
* East Midlands
* London
* Manchester
* North East & Cumbria
* North West
* South
* South East
* South West
* West
* West Midlands
* Yorkshire
* Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

Commercial subsidiaries

* BBC Studios
* BBC Studios Productions
* BBC Studioworks
* BBC Worldwide

History

* Archives
* Sound Archive
* BBC Trust
* Board of Governors
* British Broadcasting Company
* Coat of arms
* Controversies
* Criticism
* First day of TV
* Logo
* Radio Times
* Genome
* Timeline
* HD timeline

Key properties in London

* Broadcasting House
* Lime Grove (former)
* Maida Vale Studios
* Television Centre (former)
* White City & Media Village

Birmingham

* Drama Village
* Mailbox Birmingham
* Pebble Mill Studios (former)

Cardiff

* New Broadcasting House, Cardiff
* Broadcasting House (former)
* Drama Village (Roath Lock)
* BBC Hoddinott Hall

Other locations

* Broadcasting House, Belfast
* Broadcasting House, Bristol
* BBC Elstree Centre
* MediaCityUK, Salford
* Pacific Quay, Glasgow

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BBC Radio is an operational business division[1] and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs, and interests. It also oversees online audio content.[2]

Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Live are all available through analogue radio (1, 2, 3 and 4 on FM and 5 Live on MW; BBC Radio 4 additionally broadcasts on longwave[3]) as well as on DAB Digital Radio and BBC Sounds. The Asian Network broadcasts on DAB and selected MW frequencies in the English Midlands. BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Sports Extra, 6 Music and the World Service broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, while Radio 1's Dance and Anthems streams and Radio 3's Unwind stream are available only online.

All of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from bases in London and Manchester, usually in or near to Broadcasting House or MediaCityUK. However, the BBC's network production units located in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Glasgow also make radio programmes.[4]

## History

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Further information: Timeline of the BBC, British Broadcasting Company, and BBC § History

The BBC's radio services began in 1922. The British Government licensed the BBC through its General Post Office, which had original control of the airwaves because they had been interpreted under law as an extension of the Post Office services. Today radio broadcasting still makes up a large part of the corporation's output.

### First charter

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Main article: BBC Charter

George V giving the 1934 Royal Christmas Message on BBC Radio

On 1 January 1927, the British Broadcasting Company was succeeded in monopoly control of the airwaves by the British Broadcasting Corporation, under the terms of a royal charter.

John Reith, who had been the founding managing director of the commercial company, became the first Director-General. He expounded firm principles of centralised, all-encompassing radio broadcasting, stressing programming standards and moral tone. These he set out in his 1924 autobiography, Broadcast Over Britain, influencing modern ideas of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. To this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to "inform, educate and entertain".[5]

### Competition from overseas stations

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Although no other broadcasting organisation was licensed in the UK until 1973, commercial competition soon opened up from overseas. The English language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcasting to Britain and Ireland. With no possibility of domestic commercial broadcasting in the UK, a former British Royal Air Force captain and entrepreneur (and from 1935 Conservative Party MP) named Leonard Plugge set up his own International Broadcasting Company in 1931.[6] The IBC began leasing time on transmitters in continental Europe and then reselling it as sponsored English-language programming aimed at audiences in Britain and Ireland. Because Plugge successfully demonstrated that state monopolies such as that of the BBC could be broken, other parties became attracted to the idea of creating a new commercial radio station specifically for this purpose. It was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in the United Kingdom. The onset of World War II silenced all but one of the original IBC stations, with only Radio Luxembourg continuing its nightly transmissions to Britain.

### Empire and the world

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To provide a different service from the domestic audience the Corporation started the BBC Empire Service on short wave in 1932, originally in English but it soon provided programmes in other languages. At the start of the Second World War it was renamed The Overseas Service and is now known as the BBC World Service.[7]

### Commercial radio influence

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Beginning in March 1964, Radio Caroline became the first of what would become ten offshore pirate radio stations that began to ring the British coastline, mostly along the south-east coast. By 1966 millions were tuning into these commercial stations, and the BBC was rapidly losing its radio listening audience.[8][9] This was largely due to the fact that even though they were fully aware of the problem, the BBC still only played a few hours of pop music records a week, as opposed to the pirates which broadcast chart music and new releases every day.

The British government reacted by passing the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967, which virtually wiped out all of the pirate stations at midnight on 14 August 1967, by banning any British citizen from working for a pirate station. Only Radio Caroline survived, and continues to broadcast today, though the last original offshore broadcast was in 1989.

One of the stations, Radio London (also known as "Big L"), was so successful that the BBC was told to copy it as best they could. This led to a complete overhaul by Frank Gillard, the BBC's director of radio output, creating the four analogue channels that still form the basis of its broadcasting today. The creator of Radio 1 told the press that his family had been fans of Radio London.

The BBC hired many out-of-work broadcasting staff who had come from the former offshore stations. Kenny Everett was asked for input in how to run the new pop station due to his popularity with both listeners and fellow presenters. Tony Blackburn, who presented the first Radio 1 Breakfast show, had previously presented the morning show on Radio Caroline and later on Radio London. He attempted to duplicate the same sound for Radio 1. Among the other DJs hired was John Peel, who had presented the overnight show on Radio London, called The Perfumed Garden. Though it only ran for a few months prior to Radio London's closure, The Perfumed Garden got more fan mail than the rest of the pop DJs on Radio London combined, so much that staff wondered what to do with it all. The reason it got so much mail was that it played different music and was the beginning of the "album rock" genre. On Everett's suggestion, Radio London's PAMS jingles were commissioned to be re-recorded in Dallas, Texas, so that "Wonderful Radio London" became "Wonderful Radio One on BBC".

The BBC's more popular stations have encountered pressure from the commercial sector.[10] John Myers, who had developed commercial brands such as Century Radio and Real Radio, was asked in the first quarter of 2011 to conduct a review into the efficiencies of Radios 1, 2, 1Xtra and 6 Music. His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre, was "to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings."[10]

### BBC analogue networks

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On 30 September 1967:

* BBC Radio 1 was launched as a pop music station, initially on a part-time basis.
* The BBC Light Programme (launched 29 July 1945) was renamed BBC Radio 2 and broadcast easy listening music, folk, jazz, light entertainment and sport.
* The evening BBC Third Programme (launched 29 September 1946) and daytime BBC Music Programme (launched 22 March 1965) were merged under the heading of BBC Radio 3, although the Third Programme kept its separate title until 3 April 1970.
* The BBC Home Service (launched 1 September 1939) became BBC Radio 4.
* BBC Radio 5 was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and educational and children's programming, but was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live, a dedicated news and sport network, on 28 March 1994.

### 2002 digital radio networks

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With the increased rollout of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) between 1995 and 2002, BBC Radio launched several new digital-only stations BBC 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music and BBC 7 in 2002 on 16 August, 11 March and 15 December respectively – the first for "new black British music", the second as a source of performance-based "alternative" music, the latter specialising in archive classic comedy shows, drama and children's programmes. BBC Asian Network joined the national DAB network on 28 October 2002. The stations had "Radio" added to their names in 2008. In 2011, BBC Radio 7 was renamed BBC Radio 4 Extra and the service was more closely aligned with Radio 4.

### 2020s spin-off stations

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At the start of the 2020s, two Radio 1 spin-offs were launched on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 1 Dance in October 2020, followed by BBC Radio 1 Relax, in April 2021. Radio 1 Relax however closed in July 2024.

In February 2024, the corporation announced plans to launch three new spin-offs, as well as to broadcast Radio 1 Dance on DAB with expanded programming, pending public consultation and regulatory approval. BBC Radio 3 Unwind, featuring "calming classical music", launched on 4 November 2024, followed on 8 November by BBC Radio 1 Anthems, for "music from the 2000s and 2010s, catering to the appetite from young audiences for recent nostalgia". A Radio 2 spin-off, with "'a distinctive take on pop nostalgia' from the 50s, 60s, and 70s", was also proposed, but has faced opposition from Ofcom.[11][12]

## Stations

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Much of BBC radio comes from Broadcasting House, Portland Place at the head of Regent Street, London

### National (UK-wide)

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The BBC today runs national domestic radio stations, six of which are available in analogue formats (via FM or AM), while other have a purely digital format – they can be received via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus live streams and listen again on BBC Sounds. The current stations are:

* BBC Radio 1 – youth-oriented music, including talk, entertainment and alternative music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 97–99 FM and on digital platforms.

Slogan: | The biggest new pop and all day vibes

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* BBC Radio 1 Dance – an online 'stream' from Radio 1 playing electronic dance music. Available only on BBC Sounds.

Slogan: | The biggest current, future and classic dance vibes

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* BBC Radio 1 Anthems – an online 'stream' from Radio 1 playing mainly throwback music. Available only on BBC Sounds.

Slogan: | All day anthems from the 00s to now

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* BBC Radio 1Xtra – a mix of Black music and content, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. The service simulcasts Radio 1 from 21:00 to 23:00 on Saturdays. Available only on digital platforms.

Slogan: | Amplifying Black music and culture

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* BBC Radio 2 – adult-oriented music, along with talk, entertainment and alternative music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 88–91 FM and on digital platforms.

Slogan: | Lift your day with the best tunes from your favourite DJs

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* BBC Radio 3 – arts and high culture, special-interest music (classical, jazz, world music), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 90–93 FM and digital platforms.

Slogan: | Adventures in classical

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* BBC Radio 3 Unwind \- An online "stream" from Radio 3 that plays relaxing, calming classical music. Available only on BBC Sounds.

Slogan: | Music to unwind your mind

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* BBC Radio 4 – news, current affairs, arts, history, original in-house drama, original in-house first-run comedy, science, books and religious programming. The service simulcasts the World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 daily. Available on 92–95 FM, on 103–105 FM, on 198 LW and on digital platforms.

Slogan: | Inquisitive speech radio to make sense of your world

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* BBC Radio 4 Extra – classic comedy, drama, books, science fiction, fantasy and children's programmes. Also broadcasts the Daily Service. Originally named BBC Radio 7. Available only on digital platforms.

Slogan: | Journey into the Radio 4 archive

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* BBC Radio 5 Live – news, current affairs, live sports 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.

Slogan: | The voice of the UK - breaking news and live sport

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* BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra – a sister station to Radio 5 Live for additional coverage of sporting events. Available only on digital platforms.

Slogan: | More live sport. Pure live sport.

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* BBC Radio 6 Music – an eclectic mix of alternative music and genres, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available only on digital platforms.

Slogan: | Music beyond the mainstream

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* BBC Asian Network – music and talk for British Asians, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on digital platforms nationally and medium wave in parts of the English Midlands and Cambridgeshire.

Slogan: | Celebrating British Asian identity

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### Nations, regions and local stations

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The BBC also operates radio stations for three UK nations: Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. These stations focus on local issues to a greater extent than their UK-wide counterparts, organising live phone-in debates about these issues, as well as lighter talk shows with music from different decades of the 20th and 21st centuries. Compared to the majority of the UK's commercially funded radio stations, which generally broadcast little beyond contemporary popular music, the BBC's "national regional" stations offer a more diverse range of programming.

* BBC Radio Wales: A variety of programming for Wales.
* BBC Radio Cymru: Programming in Welsh language, with opt-out station BBC Radio Cymru 2.
* BBC Radio Scotland: A variety of programming for Scotland; it has Orkney and Shetland opt-outs.
* BBC Radio nan Gàidheal: Programming in Scottish Gaelic language.
* BBC Radio Ulster: A variety of programming for Northern Ireland; it has an opt-out station, BBC Radio Foyle.

#### Local services

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There are forty BBC Local Radio services across England and the Channel Islands, often catering to individual counties, cities, or wider regions.[13]

### World Service

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BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster,[14][15] 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 01:00-05:30 BST and Radio Cymru from 00:00-05:30 BST. It is politically independent (by mandate of the Agreement providing details of the topics outlined in the BBC Charter), non-profit, and commercial-free. The English language service had always had a UK listenership on LW and therefore DAB Services allowed, by this popular demand, it to be now available 24/7 for this audience in better quality reception.

Slogan: | The World's Radio Station

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### Live BBC News

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A 24-hour news station mixing the flagship news programmes from BBC News channel, Radio 4, 5 Live and World Service available only on BBC Sounds. [16]

Slogan: | Live news as it breaks from across the BBC

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## Broadcasting

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BBC Radio services are broadcast on various FM and AM frequencies, DAB digital radio and live streaming on BBC Sounds, which is available worldwide.

They are also available on digital television in the UK, and archived programmes are available for 30 days or more after broadcast on BBC Sounds; many shows are available as podcasts.

### International syndication

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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 an archive dating back to 1971); interviews, live sessions and music shows; classical music (including performances from the BBC Proms); spoken word (music documentaries, dramas, readings, features and comedies, mainly from BBC Radio 4) and channels, including BBC Radio 1.

BBC Radio International also provides many services internationally including in-flight entertainment, subscription, and satellite services. BBC Radio International is partnered with Sirius Satellite Radio and British Airways as well as many other local radio stations.

## Programmes

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Further information: Category:BBC Radio programmes

Throughout its history the BBC has produced many radio programmes. Particularly significant, influential, popular or long-lasting programmes include:

* Any Questions? (1948–present): Topical debate series.
* The Archers (1950–present): Long running rural soap opera. Currently[when?] the most listened to programme on Radio 4 and on the BBC's online radio service.
* Children's Hour (1922–1964): Long running slot for children's programmes.
* Desert Island Discs (1942–present): Interview programme in which the guest chooses the eight pieces of music they would take with them to a desert island. The longest running music radio programme in British history.
* Friday Night Is Music Night (1953–present): Long running live music show, covering a wide range of music tastes.
* Gardeners' Question Time (1947–present): Gardening programme in which gardening experts give advice and answer listeners' questions.
* The Goon Show (1951–1960): Highly influential comedy series with elements of surrealism.
* Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1960): Influential comedy series which transferred to television.
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978–1980 and 2004–2005): Comedy science fiction serial by Douglas Adams.
* I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–present): Comedy series parodying the radio panel game format.
* It's That Man Again (1939–1949): Comedy series popular during and after World War II.
* Journey into Space (1953–1958): Science fiction series which was the last UK radio programme to achieve a higher audience than television.
* Just a Minute (1967–present): Long running panel game where the contestants must attempt to speak for one minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
* Letter from America (1946–2004): Commentary on American news and events by Alistair Cooke. The longest-running speech radio programme in history.
* The News Quiz (1977–present): Topical comedy show
* The Reith Lectures (1948–present): Annual series of lectures given by leading figures of the day.
* Round the Horne (1965–1968): Comedy series notable for its innuendo and use of the gay slang polari.
* Sports Report (1948–present): Saturday sports round-up including the classified football results.
* Test Match Special (1957–present): Live cricket coverage.
* Today programme (1957–present): Early morning news and current affairs programme.
* Top Gear/The John Peel Show (1965–2004): Pioneering and influential alternative music programme. Originally fronted by Brian Matthew as a live music show, which featured unique performances by many top names such as The Beatles, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Changed name to simply The John Peel Show in the early 1970s
* Woman's Hour (1946–present): Long running magazine programme for women.
* Workers' Playtime (1941–1964): Lunchtime variety show.
* The World at One (1965–present): Lunchtime news show.

## Expenditure

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This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: These figures are more than 10 years out of date. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (August 2013)

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The following expenditure figures are from 2012/13 and show the expenditure of each service they are obliged to provide:[17]

2012–2013 BBC Radio expenditures of each service it is required to provide Service | 2012/13 Total Cost
(£million) | Comparison with
2011/12 (£million)

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BBC Radio 1 | 54.2  | \+ 3.6
BBC Radio 1Xtra | 11.8  | \+ 0.7
BBC Radio 2 | 62.1  | \+ 1.6
BBC Radio 3 | 54.3  | \+ 1.8
BBC Radio 4 | 122.1  | \+ 6.2
BBC Radio 4 Extra | 7.2  | – 1
BBC Radio 5 Live | 76  | \+ 6.7
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra | 5.6  | \+ 0.3
BBC Radio 6 Music | 11.5  | – 0.2
BBC Asian Network | 13  | 0
BBC Local Radio | 152.5  | \+ 6
BBC Radio Scotland | 32.7  | \+ 0.6
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal | 6.3  | \+ 0.3
BBC Radio Wales | 18.8  | \+ 1.1
BBC Radio Cymru | 17.6  | \+ 1.7
BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle | 23.8  | 0
Total | 669.5  | \+ 29.4

## Directors

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Appointed | Director

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1963 | Frank Gillard
1970 | Ian Trethowan
1976 | Howard Newby
1978 | Aubrey Singer
1982 | Richard Francis
1986 | Brian Wenham
1987 | David Hatch
1993 | Liz Forgan
1996 | Matthew Bannister
1999 | Jenny Abramsky
2008 | Tim Davie
2013 | Helen Boaden
2016  | James Purnell

## See also

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* BBC portal
* BBC Radio Drama Company
* BBC Radio Drama
* BBC Television, BBC domestic television services.
* British Broadcasting Company
* Timeline of the BBC, for an overview of BBC history.
* List of BBC Radio programmes adapted for television
* NPR, the closest American correspondent.
* CBC Radio, the Canadian correspondent.
* List of songs banned by the BBC

## References

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1. ^ "BBC Management Structure". 26 July 2013. BBC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
2. ^ BBC Audio & Music Archived 23 July 2012 at archive.today, Retrieved 18 November 2010
3. ^ "BBC – About Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
4. ^ "BBC National Radio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
5. ^ "No need to change BBC's mission to 'inform, educate and entertain'". UK Parliament. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
6. ^ AND THE WORLD LISTENED The Biography of Captain Leonard F. Plugge – A Pioneer of Commercial Radio. Kelly Publications 2007. Author: Keith Wallis
7. ^ History Archived 22 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine BBC World Service
8. ^ "The Offshore Radio Revolution in Britain 1964–2004". H2G2. 31 August 2004. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
9. ^ Imogen Carter (27 September 2007). "The day we woke up to pop music on Radio 1". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
10. ^ a b Andrews, Amanda (28 November 2010). "BBC enlists commercial sector help to shake up radio". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
11. ^ "Ofcom proposes to give green light to three new BBC DAB+ stations, but not Radio 2 spin-off or expanded Radio 5 Sports Extra" (Press release). London: Ofcom. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
12. ^ McIntosh, Steven (7 February 2024). "Radio 2 spin-off among four new stations planned by BBC". BBC News Online. BBC News.
13. ^ "BBC Local Radio in England Policy 2010/2011". Statements of Programme Policy > British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
14. ^ "Microsoft Word - The Work of the BBC World Service 2008-09 HC 334 FINAL.doc" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
15. ^ "World s largest international broadcaster visits city". Coal Valley News. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
16. ^ "Live News on BBC Sounds | BBC Sounds".
17. ^ "BBC Full Financial Statements 2012/13" (PDF). BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13. BBC. 2013. pp. 8–9\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

## Further reading

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* Donovan, Paul (1991). The Radio Companion. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-586-09012-6.

## External links

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* Radio 1
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Digital-only|

* Radio 1Xtra
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* Asian Network

Online-only (BBC Sounds)|

* CBeebies Radio
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| East|

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London|

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Yorkshire and Lincolnshire|

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International stations|

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| Local services|

* 2LO London
* 5IT Birmingham
* 2ZY Manchester
* 5NO Newcastle
* 5WA Cardiff
* 5SC Glasgow
* 2BD Aberdeen
* 6BM Bournemouth
* 2FL Sheffield
* 5PY Plymouth
* 5GB Daventry
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Relays|

* 2EH Edinburgh
* 6LV Liverpool
* 2LS Leeds and Bradford
* 6KH Hull
* 5NG Nottingham
* 2DE Dundee
* 6ST Stoke
* 5SX Swansea

National services|

* Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme
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* Home Service
* Light Programme
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Other locations|

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Finance|

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* Freesat
* h2g2
* Local Democracy Reporting Service
* Redux
* YouView

Technical|

* Programme Catalogue
* Programme Identifier

Other|

* List of songs banned by the BBC
* Live at the BBC

* Category
* Portal
* Commons

* v
* t
* e

Media in the United Kingdom

UK national newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals

| Newspapers
(history, circulation)|

| Broadsheet|

* Financial Times
* The Daily Telegraph
* The Sunday Telegraph
* The Sunday Times

|

Compact|

* The i Paper
* The Times
* The Guardian
* The Observer

Middle-market|

* Daily Express
* Daily Mail
* The Mail on Sunday

Tabloid|

* Daily Mirror
* Sunday Mirror
* Morning Star
* The Sunday People
* Daily Star
* Daily Star Sunday
* The Sun
* Sunday Sport
* Weekend Sport
* Midweek Sport

Online|

* 5Pillars

Magazines and
other periodicals|

* List of magazines in the United Kingdom
* List of magazines by circulation

Radio in the UK

| National
stations|

| BBC|

BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Asian Network
BBC World Service
BBC National DAB (multiplex)

|

Independent
/ commercial|

Absolute Radio Network
BFBS Radio
Capital
Capital Xtra
Classic FM
Digital One (multiplex)
Gold
Greatest Hits Radio
Heart
Hits Radio
Jazz FM
Kiss Network
LBC
LBC News
Magic
Magic Classical
Premier Christian Radio
RNIB Connect Radio
Sound Digital (multiplex)
Smooth Radio
talkSPORT
TalkRadio
Times Radio
UCB UK
Virgin Radio UK
Radio X

Regional
and local
stations|

| BBC|

List of BBC Local Radio stations
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Foyle
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Cymru

Cymru 2

|

Independent
/ commercial|

* List of community radio stations
* List of local commercial radio stations
* List of semi-national / regional analogue and digital radio stations

Other
stations|

* List of hospital radio stations
* Pirate radio
* Restricted Service Licence (RSL)
* List of RSL stations
* List of student radio stations

Other|

* Broadcasting House
* FM broadcasting
* Radio Academy
* Radio Academy Awards
* Radio Independents Group
* RAJAR
* Most listened to programmes

Television in the UK

| Principal
channels
(list)|

| BBC/UKTV|

BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three
BBC Four
BBC News
BBC Parliament
BBC Alba
BBC Scotland
CBBC
CBeebies
U&Alibi
U&Dave
U&Drama
U&Eden
U&Gold
U&W
U&Yesterday

|

ITV|

ITV1/STV/UTV
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
ITV Quiz

Channel 4/S4C|

Channel 4
S4C

E4 Extra
Film4
More4
4seven

Paramount|

5Star
5USA
5Select
5Action
Comedy Central
Comedy Central Extra
MTV
MTV Music
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
Club MTV
Nickelodeon
Nicktoons
Nick Jr.

Sky UK|

Challenge
Sky Arts
Sky Atlantic
Sky Cinema
Sky Comedy
Sky Crime
Sky Documentaries
Sky History
Sky History 2
Sky Kids
Sky Max
Sky Mix
Sky Nature
Sky News
Sky Replay
Sky Sci-Fi
Sky Showcase
Sky Sports Box Office
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports Racing
Sky Sports
Sky Witness

Warner Bros. Discovery|

Animal Planet
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
CNN International
Discovery Channel
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Food Network
HGTV
Investigation Discovery
Quest
Quest Red
Really
TLC
TNT Sports

Narrative Entertainment UK Limited|

Great! Action
Great! Movies
Great! Romance
Great! Real
Great! TV
Pop
Tiny Pop

Services
and
platforms|

| Current|

* Amazon Prime Video
* BBC iPlayer
* cable
* Channel 4
* digital
* digital terrestrial
* List of channels
* Disney+
* EE TV
* 5
* Freely
* Freesat
* Freesat+
* Freeview
* high-definition
* List of channels
* ITV
* ITVX
* STV Player
* local television
* Now
* Netflix
* Paramount+
* Pop Player
* Restricted Service Licence
* satellite
* List of channels
* Sky Group
* Sky Q
* Sky Glass
* Sky Stream
* TalkTalk TV
* TVPlayer
* U
* Virgin Media
* FilmFlex
* TiVo
* YouView

|

Defunct|

* analogue
* analogue terrestrial
* BBC Store
* Film4oD
* Real Digital
* Sky Group
* Freesat from Sky
* On Demand
* Sky+
* Sky+ HD
* TalkTalk TV Store
* Top Up TV
* Virgin Media
* V+

Studios|

| Current|

* 3 Mills Studios
* BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House
* BBC Elstree Centre
* BBC Pacific Quay
* The Bottle Yard Studios
* Broadcasting House
* Broadcasting House, Belfast
* Broadcasting House, Bristol
* Dock10
* Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)
* Gas Street Studios
* The Leeds Studios
* The Maidstone Studios
* Mailbox Birmingham
* MediaCityUK
* Old Granada Studios
* Riverside Studios
* Roath Lock
* The Sharp Project
* Sky Campus
* Space Studios Manchester
* Television Centre, London

|

Defunct|

* Broadcasting House, Cardiff
* Dickenson Road Studios
* Fountain Studios
* The Hospital Club
* Lime Grove Studios
* Limehouse Studios
* The London Studios
* MGM-British Studios
* New Broadcasting House, Manchester
* Pebble Mill Studios
* Teddington Studios
* Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
* Television Centre, Southampton
* Upper Boat Studios

Other|

* Television in Northern Ireland
* in Scotland
* in Wales
* Defunct channels
* Edinburgh International Television Festival
* History
* List of years
* Viewing statistics
* Most-watched broadcasts

Companies and organisations

| Major
companies|

* Banijay UK Productions
* Bauer Media Audio UK
* BBC
* Bloomsbury Publishing
* BT Group
* Channel Four Television Corporation
* Daily Mail and General Trust
* Dentsu International
* Economist Group
* EMI Music Publishing
* Future plc
* Global Media & Entertainment
* Guardian Media Group
* Haymarket Media Group
* Informa
* ITN
* ITV plc
* National World
* News Broadcasting
* News UK
* Newsquest
* Pearson plc
* Press Holdings
* Reach plc
* RELX
* Reuters
* Sky
* STV Group
* Syco
* TalkTalk Group
* Paramount Networks UK & Australia
* Virgin Media O2
* The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd.
* Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

|

Resources|

* Arqiva
* List of largest UK book publishers

Government and
regulatory bodies|

* Advertising Standards Authority
* BBC Board (formerly: BBC Trust
* Board of Governors of the BBC)
* British Board of Film Classification
* British Film Institute
* Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee
* Department for Culture, Media and Sport
* Independent Press Standards Organisation
* Ofcom
* Press Recognition Panel
* S4C Authority

Industry and
trades bodies|

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* British Phonographic Industry
* Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
* Clearcast
* Digital TV Group
* Equity
* Everyone TV
* Federation Against Copyright Theft
* Independent Publishers Guild
* National Union of Journalists
* The Publishers Association
* Royal Television Society
* United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting

Other|

* BBC Academy
* National Film and Television School
* National Science and Media Museum

Regional and student media

| Regional media|

* Media in England
* Birmingham
* London
* Manchester
* Media in Scotland
* Aberdeen
* Dundee
* Glasgow
* Media in Wales
* Cardiff

|

Student media|

* Student television
* Student press

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

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