- Station name Station name
- BBC Live News
- Description Description
- This station was also broadcast on BBC World Service. At the time, some journalists gave it the nickname Scud FM from the Scud missiles used by Iraqi forces in the war.
- Launch date Launch date
- 17 January 1991
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
- —
BBC Live News
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 4 News FM was the national BBC station devoted to rolling news service that was on air during the Gulf War from 16 January until 2 March 1991.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | — |
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Primary frequency
95 MHz
Service type
FM
Coverage area
United Kingdom – national FM
Owner / network
BBC
First air date
17 January 1991
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| Station ID | 896 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Branding | BBC Radio 4 News FM |
| Owner | BBC |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom – national FM |
| Launched | 17 January 1991 |
| Primary frequency | 95 MHz |
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| Last check | 21 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| Final host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/vnd.apple.mpegurl |
| Server software | c3 |
| Latency | 35 ms |
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About station About BBC Live News
BBC Radio 4 News FM was the national BBC station devoted to rolling news service that was on air during the Gulf War from 16 January until 2 March 1991. It was broadcast on Radio 4's FM frequencies, whilst regular scheduled non-news BBC Radio 4 programming continued on longwave.
This station was also broadcast on BBC World Service. At the time, some journalists gave it the nickname Scud FM from the Scud missiles used by Iraqi forces in the war. The long-term impact of BBC Radio 4 News FM was that the popularity of the station was taken as evidence that a rolling news service was required at the BBC, and three years later, the BBC launched a continuous news and sport station, BBC Radio 5 Live.
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