- Station name Station name
- BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Description Description
- Launching at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been code named "Network X" during the consultation period. At the time, the station was listed as "1 Xtra BBC" on many electronic programming guides.
- Launch date Launch date
- 16 August 2002
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC Radio 1Xtra
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts Black music and urban music genres, and is a sister station to Radio 1.
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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 | bbc.co.uk |
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Owner / network
BBC
First air date
16 August 2002
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| Station ID | 1132 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Owner | BBC |
| Launched | 16 August 2002 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
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| Last check | 22 hours ago |
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| Track seen | 1 week 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 | 26 ms |
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About station About BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts Black music and urban music genres, and is a sister station to Radio 1.
Launching at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been code named "Network X" during the consultation period. At the time, the station was listed as "1 Xtra BBC" on many electronic programming guides. The station broadcasts mostly from the 8th floor of Broadcasting House, shared with Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 786,000 with a listening share of 0.3% as of March 2024.
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