BBC Radio 2
Music and entertainmentBBC Radio 2 is a
licence-fee funded radio station.
How to Listen: BBC Radio 2
Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.
Media UK: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the
Media UK BBC Radio 2 page.
Official site: See the
BBC Radio 2 website.
From Wikipedia: The first show had started at 0530am on the Light programme but continued with Breakfast Special from Paul Hollingdale as Radio 1 split. In early years, much programming and music was common to both stations, particularly on the shared FM frequency. Radio 1 was targeted at the audience of pirate radio stations whereas Radio 2 settled down as a middle-of-the-road station playing laid-back pop/rock, folk and country, jazz and big-band music, easy listening, light classics, and oldies, with significant amounts of comedy and sport. - en.wikipedia.org
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Freeview multiplex: BBC Radio 2 is on
multiplex PSB1 in
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Wales .
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john grahamTuesday 3 August 2010 9:44AM
what has happened to bbc radio digitals yesterday and today? lancaster areaKATHERINEWednesday 8 June 2011 11:24PM
Edinburgh Why cant we get BBC radio stations on our Freeview TV? i was listening to radio 2 this morning and tonight it says BBC radio service is not available on Freeview! anybody know why?????Mike DimmickThursday 9 June 2011 12:41PM
Katherine: When the BBC ALBA TV station is on-air, most of the BBC radio stations have to go off-air. This was the only way they could cram BBC ALBA into the space.
The only radio stations that remain on-air on Freeview are the digital-only stations with the largest listening figures: 1 Xtra, 6 Music and 5 Live Sports. BBC Radio 2 remains available on FM and DAB.Mike DimmickThursday 9 June 2011 12:43PM
Obviously the above only applies to transmitters in Scotland, including the Selkirk transmitter and its relays in the East Borders region. It may also apply to the Scottish service from Caldbeck.Jo AllenFriday 10 June 2011 6:57PM
Hi, re BBC Alba - radio channels are still available on freeview but switch to channels 800 onwards 810 (R1), 809 (R2), 808 (R3), 807 (R4). Complete pain in the neck though.Jo Allen: This will be because you are able to receive them from an "English" transmitter. Much better than not having them at all, I would have thought. Mike DimmickMonday 13 June 2011 5:04PM
Jo Allen: If you're in the south-west of Scotland, your local transmitter could be Caldbeck, which provides both English and Scottish versions of all three PSB multiplexes. Most viewers won't be able to receive from a transmitter that provides both.Leslie ReeseTuesday 28 June 2011 11:12PM
Absolutly diabolical that BBC (Freeview Radio 2)should pander to the minority of listeners. i.e. need the bandwith for Alba (Gaelic).If 1.5% of Scots understand Gaelic give them 1.5% of Radio 2 -about 5 days a year.James FoxSunday 17 July 2011 11:57AM
Why is the Rowridge BBC radio transmission so weak on analogue. I live on the mainland near Southampton and I have a clear site line to the transmitter which is about 12 miles away? It appears to have been like this for quite awhileRachel BuchanSaturday 20 August 2011 4:30PM
This is ridiculous! I live in the Shetland Islands (where Gaelic has never been spoken). I can get BBC Alba and Radio nan Gaidlich, but no Radio 2 on Freeview. And where the heck it has disappeared to on my radio is anybody's guess! I am very muchly not amused!DavidwFaulknerTuesday 20 November 2012 10:19PM
BBC RADIO2 question
As of this afternoon pretty much all of North Suffolk (well, certainly between Ipswich, Bury & Diss) has been without BBC Radio 2 (89.7FM) ....I can just about pick up 89.1 London
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