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The building was designed by George James Miller of James Miller & Sons of Glasgow in 1936 and completed in 1938. [2]BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast has many radio studios, some self-operated, some staffed, used for the BBC's main local radio station in Northern Ireland – BBC Radio Ulster, as well as being used by the BBC for other radio productions.
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.
McLean presents The Ralph McLean Show from Tuesday to Thursday between 8:00 and 10pm, playing music from classic rock to soul to country and blues. He has presented his own two-hour roots show on Friday nights for many years on BBC Radio Ulster, interviewing many of the biggest names in country music such as Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith.
Radio 4, along with other BBC Radio stations, stop broadcasting via Sky's analogue satellite service. 2002. 15 December – Radio 4 gets a digital spin-off station, BBC7. The station broadcasts content from BBC Radio’s spoken word archive, repeating programmes previously broadcast on Radio 4, as well as airing daily programmes for children. 2003
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.
The forecast was broadcast on the BBC National Programme until September 1939, and then after the Second World War on the BBC Light Programme (later BBC Radio 2) until November 1978. 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.
The programme was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. [2] Four series have been broadcast, along with a special 2010 Christmas Day episode. [2] [3] The show's finale, entitled "Zurich", was broadcast as a two-part special on 23 and 24 December 2014. [4] [5] The series' opening music is Mikhail Glinka's Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila. [6]
BBC Radio 4: Continuity studio for BBC Radio 4 40E: BBC World Service: Focus on Africa: 40F: BBC World Service: Focus on Africa: 50B: BBC Radio 4: The Media Show, Woman's Hour, Front Row: 51A: BBC Radio 5 Live: Used for Radio 5 shows relay to Salford 52A: BBC World Service: Programme productions for BBC languages programme 52B: BBC World Service