Stations of the BBC
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Contents
List of Stations
Television
- BBC UK
- BBC One
- BBC One HD (High-definition channel)
- BBC Two
- BBC Two HD (High-definition channel)
- BBC Three
- BBC Three HD (High-definition channel)
- BBC Four
- BBC Four HD (High-definition channel)
- BBC Parliament
- BBC News (Also available online for UK)
- BBC News HD (High-definition channel)
- CBBC (8-12 year-olds)
- CBBC HD (8-12 year-olds) (High-definition channel)
- CBeebies (1-7 year-olds)
- CBeebies HD (1-7 year-olds) (High-definition channel)
- BBC Alba
- BBC Nations & Regions
- See BBC Regional TV
- BBC Worldwide
- BBC Entertainment
- BBC America (United States)
- BBC Canada (Canada)
- BBC Lifestyle
- BBC Arabic Television (Middle East)
- BBC Persian Television
- BBC Kids (Canada)
- BBC Urdu (Pakistan)
- BBC World News
- BBC Knowledge
- CBeebies
- BBC HD
- BBC First
- BBC Earth
- BBC Brit
- BBC Worldwide Ltd and other Organisations
Radio
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- BBC Radio UK
- BBC Radio 1 (Contemporary popular music) (97-99 FM) - Website
- BBC Radio 2 (music for a more mature audience; and comedy), originally known as the Light Programme. (88-91 FM) - Website
- BBC Radio 3 (Classical, jazz and non-western music and study in musical topics), originally the Third Programme. (90-93 FM) - Website
- BBC Radio 4 (Non-musical entertainment such as drama, comedy, news programmes and factual programmes), previously the Home Service, formed in 1939 from the fusion of the pre-war National and Regional Programmes. Radio 4 has both FM and longwave frequencies and broadcasts a limited amount of different programming on the two bands. (92-95 FM, 198 LW) - Website
- BBC Radio 5 Live (News and sports analysis and commentary), originally BBC Radio 5. (909 and 693 MW) - Website
- BBC Digital Radio
- BBC Radio 1Xtra (new black music) - Website
- BBC Radio 6 Music (indie rock/alternative rock) - Website
- BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (Extended and extra commentary of sports events found on Radio 4 long wave) - Website
- BBC Radio 4 Extra (children's, drama and comedy; launched 15 December 2002 as BBC Radio 7) - Website
- BBC Asian Network (Broadcasting in English and a variety of other languages; available as an analogue broadcast in some parts of the Midlands and Northern England) -Website
- BBC Nations' Radio
- BBC Radio Scotland - Website
- BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (in Gaelic) - Website
- BBC Radio Wales - Website
- BBC Radio Cymru (in Welsh) - Website
- BBC Radio Ulster - Website
- BBC Radio Foyle - Website
- BBC Local Radio (England and Channel Islands)
- See BBC Local Radio
- World
Miscellaneous
- BBC Red Button
- Ceefax
- BBC Online
- H2G2 (collaborative writing project initiated by Douglas Adams)
- Research & Development Department - Website
- BBC News
- BBC Weather
List of Former Stations
Radio
- During World War II
- Replaced by BBC Home Service
- World War II Stations/Armed Forces
- BBC Forces Programme: replaced by the General Forces Programme with the influx of United States servicemen in the run-up to D-Day
- BBC General Forces Programme: replaced the Forces Programme, closed as hostilities and occupation ended
- BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme: operated from D-Day+1 until shortly after VE-Day
- Wartime Broadcasting Service A service of the BBC intended to broadcast for over three months after a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, or if conventional bombing and shelling destroyed peacetime BBC transmitters (it never went on air).
- Replaced by current radio stations
- BBC Light Programme: became BBC Radio 2
- BBC Third Programme: became part of BBC Third Network
- BBC Network Three: became part of BBC Third Network, and included
- BBC Music Programme
- BBC Study Session
- BBC Sports Service: later transferred to BBC Radio 2
- BBC Third Network: renamed BBC Radio 3, dropping the separate Music Programme name and eventually also those of Study Session and the Third Programme
- BBC Radio 2 Eurovision
- BBC Radio 2 Country
- BBC Home Service: became BBC Radio 4
- Radio 4 News FM: news service on BBC Radio 4's FM frequencies during the first Gulf War
- BBC Radio 5: closed and replaced by BBC Radio Five Live which also incorporated the Sports Service from Radio 2.
- BBC international radio services
- BBC Empire Service: replaced from the outbreak of World War II by the General Overseas Service
- BBC General Overseas Service: replaced by the BBC Overseas Service
- BBC Overseas Service: renamed the BBC World Service
Television
- BBC TV Europe: Replaced by:
- BBC World Service Television: split into BBC World and BBC Prime
- BBC Choice: replaced by BBC Three and the CBBC Channel
- BBC Knowledge: replaced by CBeebies and BBC Four
- BBC Japan
- BBC Local TV: 9-month pilot project in West Midlands
- BBC Select: an overnight subscription service run on BBC One
- BBC HD : replaced by BBC Two HD