BBC Radio

BBC – British Broadcast Corporation

The BBC have been operating in the UK since 1927 and BBC Audio and Music oversees all online audio content. BBC Radio 1-6 are based in London apart from BBC Radio 5 Live which is broadcast from MediaCityUK in Manchester. All BBC channels are available on DAB radio along with the internet Windows Media Audio (WMA) and BBC iPlayer. There are 11 national BBC radio stations but 6 of these can only be accessed via DAB. There are also 8 stations for the nations along with many local BBC radio stations such as BBC Radio Humberside. BBC radio is broadcast on AM, FM and DAB and it can also be accessed in many ways online and digitally on the television. The BBC also have ways of allowing us to downloads MP3 files and podcasts.

Radio 1 was launched Saturday 30th September 1967 at 7am