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BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station ... the number 2 record in that ... which included BBC Radio 1. The BBC acquired 97.9 FM to 99.8 FM specifically for ...
BBC Radio 1 Anthems 8 November 2024 — — ... FM 95.5 MHz (until 3 Dec 2007) BBC Radio Gloucestershire 3 October 1988 Gloucestershire: Gloucester: 1413 104.7 95.0
BBC Radio 1: New and contemporary hit music BBC: FM 97.1–99.7 12B 700 700 0101 901 BBC Radio 1Xtra: Black contemporary music BBC 12B 701 701 0127 907 BBC Radio 2: Classic and adult contemporary music BBC FM 88.1–90.2 12B 702 702 0102 902 BBC Radio 3: Classical music, drama and culture BBC FM 90.3–92.6 12B 703 703 0103 903 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio Scotland – An English-language radio station for Scotland. BBC Radio nan Gàidheal – A Scottish Gaelic language radio station. BBC Radio Orkney – A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland. BBC Radio Shetland – A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland.
1 March – Mark Goodier ends his first stint as presenter of BBC Radio 1's Complete UK Top 40. 8 March – Tommy Vance presents this edition of Radio 1's Top 40 programme. This is also the final time that the Radio 1 chart show runs for 2 and a half hours. 15 March – Bruno Brookes begins his second stint as host of the UK Top 40 programme.
The BBC began using FM sound broadcasting in 1955, but at that time AM sound broadcasting predominated. The BBC's 'popular music' station known as Radio 1 opened in 1967 but only broadcast on MW until the end of the 1980s. Radio 1 ended medium wave broadcasting in 1994 when the FM
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:
Wrotham was the first station in the UK to broadcast on VHF/FM, with three services beginning officially on 2 May 1955. It broadcast the Home Service (now Radio 4), the Third Programme (now Radio 3) and the Light Programme (now Radio 2). The frequencies it used for these programmes on FM in 1955 are still in use today.