BBC Radio 5 Live
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| Radio station ( public law ) | |
| reception | analogue terrestrial , cable , satellite , DAB , live stream via internet |
| Reception area | United Kingdom (MW 693, 909 kHz; DAB 12B) |
| Start of transmission | 1990 |
| Broadcaster | BBC |
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BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's fifth radio program . It's been on the air since 1990 , originally under the name BBC Radio 5 . Since 2002 there has been a partner station under the name BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra .
history
During the Second Gulf War of 1990–1991, the BBC broadcast an ongoing news program on BBC Radio 4's VHF frequencies , Radio 4 News FM , to cover the events . The format was adopted by the BBC World Service . It proved so successful that what was then Radio 5 was abandoned and replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live.
The broadcast is from the Quay House in MediaCityUK in Salford .
program
Radio 5 Live is conceived as a “News and Sports station”, ie as a pure news and information channel with extensive sports coverage . There are also programs with audience participation.
reception
BBC Radio 5 is broadcast live on the former BBC Radio 2 medium-wave frequencies 693 and 909 kHz, also via DAB , via satellite and via live stream on the Internet.
Some stations take over programs from Radio 5 Live: The nighttime program “Up all Night” is also broadcast on the local BBC stations . The BFBS -Network uses for his BFBS Radio 2 among other sports.
Web links
- Radio 5 Live program website
Individual evidence
- ^ Jenny Abramsky: Sound Matters - Five Live - the War of Broadcasting House - a morality story . Text of a lecture given by Jenny Abramsky, News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media 2002 at Exeter College, Oxford University. In: bbc.co.uk. Press release. January 31, 2002. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
- ^ Statements of Program Policy. Radio 5 Live Program Policy 2010/2011 ( Memento from May 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) . In: About the BBC. Without a date. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
| analog and digital |
Radio 1 • Radio 2 • Radio 3 • Radio 4 • Radio 5 Live • BBC Asian Network • BBC Local Radio (various local programs) • BBC World Service (international service) |
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