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    Radio enjoys huge popularity in the UK, with over 600 stations and 90% of people listening for 20 hours per week. The BBC Radio is a major public service broadcaster that operates numerous national and local radio stations across genres like pop, classical, news and sports. It was established in 1922 with four employees and a mission to educate, inform and entertain. It has since grown to become the world's largest broadcaster with over 23,000 employees, numerous TV and radio channels in the UK and globally, and a strong online presence.

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    Radio enjoys huge popularity in the UK, with over 600 stations and 90% of people listening for 20 hours per week. The BBC Radio is a major public service broadcaster that operates numerous national and local radio stations across genres like pop, classical, news and sports. It was established in 1922 with four employees and a mission to educate, inform and entertain. It has since grown to become the world's largest broadcaster with over 23,000 employees, numerous TV and radio channels in the UK and globally, and a strong online presence.

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    Radio enjoys huge popularity in the UK, with over 600 stations and 90% of people listening for 20 hours per week. The BBC Radio is a major public service broadcaster that operates numerous national and local radio stations across genres like pop, classical, news and sports. It was established in 1922 with four employees and a mission to educate, inform and entertain. It has since grown to become the world's largest broadcaster with over 23,000 employees, numerous TV and radio channels in the UK and globally, and a strong online presence.

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    Radio enjoys a huge following in the 

    United Kingdom. There are around 600


    licensed radio stations in the country. Radio remains a popular source of news,
    information and entertainment for many people across the UK, with official research
    showing nine in ten people in the UK listen to live radio for around 20 hours a week.
    One of the most popular radio in the UK is the BBC radio.

    The BBC Radio

    BBC Radio is an operational business division[1] and service of the British


    Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the
    terms of a Royal Charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations
    covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local
    news, affairs and interests. It also oversees online audio content.[2]

    Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Live are all available


    through analogue radio (5 Live on AM only) as well as on DAB Digital Radio and
    online including BBC iPlayer.

     BBC Radio 1 broadcasts mostly current pop music output on FM and digital
    radio, with live music throughout the year
     BBC Radio 2 is the United Kingdom's most listened-to radio station, featuring
    presenters such as Ken Bruce and Steve Wright, and playing popular music from
    the last five decades as well as special interest programmes in the evening
     BBC Radio 3 is a classical music station, broadcasting high-quality concerts
    and performances. At night, it transmits a wide range of jazz and world music
     BBC Radio 4 is a current affairs and speech station, with news, debate and
    radio drama. It broadcasts the daily radio soap The Archers, as well as flagship
    news programme Today
     BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasts live news and sports commentary with phone-in
    debates and studio guests
    The remaining stations, BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Live Sports Extra and 6 Music,
    all broadcast on digital platforms only.

     BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcasts rap, RnB and drum'n'bass


     BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcasts comedy, drama and shows which extend or
    supplement popular programmes on its sister station, Radio 4, including The
    Archers spin off Ambridge Extra and archived episodes of Desert Island Discs
     BBC Radio 6 Music transmits predominantly alternative music, with many
    live sessions
     BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is a companion to Five Live for additional
    events coverage
     BBC Asian Network is aimed at the large South Asian community in the
    United Kingdom (also available on AM in some areas)

    Birth of the BBC

    14 November 1922, Arthur Burrows read a news bulletin. It included a report of a


    train robbery and an important political meeting, some sports results, and a weather
    forecast. This was the first ever broadcast by the British Broascasting Corporation, or
    BBC. It had a staff of just four, and its misson was to educate, inform and entertain.

    I. Entertainment of the ears


    By 1930, half the homes in Britain had a radio. They could listen not only to the news,
    but also to dramas, classical music concerts, chat shows, children’s progammes and
    live sports coverage. When the Second World War started in 1939, BBC radio was a
    very important source of news, and of entertainment to cheer people up in difficult
    times.
    II. Going global
    The BBC World Service began in 1932, mostly for the British people who lived in
    Africa and Asia. During the Second World War, it broadcast in many different
    languages and had large numbers of European listeners. Today it broadcast by radio,
    internet and satellite in twenty-seven languages. 188 million people listen every
    week.
    III. The BBC today
    The BBC is now the largest broadcast in the world, with a staff of more than 23,000
    people, ten UK TV channels, 59 radio stations and a strong presence on the internet.
    In Britain, more than 30% of all TV viewing is on the BBC. People can watch BBC
    channels all around the world, and its popular TV progammes, like reality show
    Strictly Come Dancing and car progamme Top Gear have versions in many different
    countries. Other popular BBC shows include costume drama series Cranford, the
    wildlife documentary Frozen Planet, and EastEnders, Britain’s favorite soap opera.
    The BBC is popular partly because it has no advertising. Instead, it gets its money
    from the licence fees that everyone with a television in Britain has to pay. However,
    some families now have hundreds of cable channels and rarely watch BBC
    programmes. Other viewers watch shows on iPlayer, the BBC’s internet-based TV
    service for which no TV license is required. BBC will continue to play a central role
    in the British media in the future.

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