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Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK. Presently, free-to-air means a TV channel which is free and covers 98% of the population. [ 1 ]
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors.
Talk Radio made its first foray into the world of sports radio rights bidding by purchasing from BBC Radio 5 Live the rights to broadcast Football League matches for the 1997–98 season. In addition, the station broadcast its first FIFA World Cup from France in 1998, bringing in the Sky Sports commentary team of Alan Parry and Andy Gray to commentate on the major matches.
The BBC Sounds logo used from 2018 until 2021. The BBC Sounds website replaced the iPlayer Radio service for UK users in October 2018. An initial beta version of the BBC Sounds app was launched in June 2018, [5] with both the new app and the iPlayer Radio app supported until September 2019, when the iPlayer Radio app was finally decommissioned in the UK. [6]
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live and shares facilities, presenters and management, and is a department of the BBC North Group division.
BBC Radio 5 Live 28 March 1994 BBC Radio 5 • 1990–1994: News, current affairs, discussion and sport: MW 693 909 990 (Wales) — 12B 705 0105 905 — Also on BBC Local Radio stations, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster overnight BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 February 2002 Additional sports coverage — — 12B 706 0131 908 ...
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasts live news and sports commentary with phone-in debates and studio guests (AM 693 kHz, 909 kHz, and 990 kHz) BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra is a companion to 5 Live for additional events coverage; BBC Radio 6 Music transmits predominantly alternative music, with many live sessions
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Cambridge studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays with all other programming since 2023, apart from sports coverage, being regional or national. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live.