BBC Radio 2

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national radio station public service broadcaster radio network radio station

BBC Radio 2 is a major UK national radio station known for its broad mix of popular music, entertainment, and speech programming aimed primarily at adult listeners.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
BBC Light Programme 2
BBC Light Programme (predecessor service) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national radio station ⓘ
public service broadcaster radio network ⓘ
radio station ⓘ
availability BBC Sounds ⓘ
DAB digital radio ⓘ
Digital television ⓘ
FM radio ⓘ
Online streaming ⓘ
broadcastArea Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Channel Islands

Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Man

United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastFormat adult contemporary ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
speech programming ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
frequency 88–91 MHz FM (UK-wide, regional variations) ⓘ
fundingModel publicly funded ⓘ
fundingSource UK television licence fee ⓘ
genre music radio ⓘ
talk radio ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1967-09-30 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
networkType music and entertainment ⓘ
notablePresenter Ken Bruce ⓘ
Steve Wright in the Afternoon ⓘ
surface form: Steve Wright

Terry Wogan ⓘ
Zoë Ball ⓘ
surface form: Zoe Ball
notableProgramme Pick of the Pops ⓘ
Steve Wright in the Afternoon ⓘ
Sunday Love Songs ⓘ
The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show ⓘ
operator BBC ⓘ
owner BBC ⓘ
parentOrganization BBC ⓘ
surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
partOf BBC Radio ⓘ
regulator Ofcom ⓘ
replaced BBC Radio 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Light Programme
sisterStation BBC Asian Network ⓘ
BBC Radio 1 ⓘ
BBC Radio 1Xtra ⓘ
BBC Radio 3 ⓘ
BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ
BBC Radio 5 Live ⓘ
BBC Radio 6 Music ⓘ
studioLocation Broadcasting House ⓘ
surface form: Broadcasting House, London

Wogan House, London ⓘ
targetAgeGroup over 35s ⓘ
targetAudience adult listeners ⓘ
website https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prom at the Palace → broadcastOn → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
Jamie Cullum → employer → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
Zoë Ball → employer → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 1 → formerName → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Light Programme (predecessor service)
BBC Sounds → includesService → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC → operatesRadioNetwork → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
The Archers → originalNetwork → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Light Programme
BBC Radio and Music → oversees → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
Comic Relief → partner → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 2 → replaced → BBC Radio 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Light Programme
BBC Radio 1 → sisterStation → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 3 → sisterStation → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 4 → sisterStation → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 4 Extra → sisterStation → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 5 Live → sisterStation → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
Noel Edmonds → workedAt → BBC Radio 2 ⓘ