- Station name Station name
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Description Description
- It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive.
- Launch date Launch date
- 2 April 2011
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC Radio 4 Extra
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It mostly broadcasts archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes, and is the sister station of Radio 4.
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| 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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Primary frequency
708.0 kHz
Service type
DAB
Coverage area
United Kingdom
Owner / network
BBC
First air date
2 April 2011
Digital service
DAB · 708.0 kHz
Digital broadcast
DAB · 708.0 kHz
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| Station ID | 582 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom |
| Owner | BBC |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Launched | 2 April 2011 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
| Primary frequency | 0.708 MHz |
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| Last check | 1 day ago |
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| Stream host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| Final host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Latency | 30 ms |
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About station About BBC Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It mostly broadcasts archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes, and is the sister station of Radio 4.
It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain programmes. The station launched in December 2002 as BBC 7, broadcasting a mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. The station was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as BBC Radio 4 Extra in April 2011. For the first quarter of 2013, Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1.642 million people and had a market share of 0.95%; in the last quarter of 2016 the numbers were 2.184 million listeners and 1.2% of market share. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.5 million with a listening share of 3% as of June 2025
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