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{{Infobox Radio Station| name = BBC Radio 4 | image = ] | area = {{flagicon|United Kingdom--> [United Kingdom - National | airdate = 30 September [ | frequency = Frequency modulation: 92 [megahertz - 95 MHz
[Longwave: 198 kHz
[Medium wave: various
[Digital Audio Broadcasting: 12B
[Freeview: 704
[Virgin Media: 904
[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland): 0104
[UPC Ireland: 910
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4.shtml?listen Internet: Streaming Audio Real/WM | format = [News & [Speech communication | owner = [BBC | website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 -->BBC Radio 4 is a United Kingdom domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It was created out of the old BBC Home Service in 1967. History of the BBC: 1960s
Outline Radio 4 is the second most popular British domestic radio station after BBC Radio 2 and was awarded "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2004 Sony Radio Academy Awards for the second year running. The Sony Radio Academy Awards: Winners 2004 Costing £71.4 million (2005/6), BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006, page 106 it is the BBC's most expensive national radio network and is considered by some to be the corporation's flagship channel. There is currently no comparable UK commercial network, although Channel 4 plans to launch its own speech-based station in autumn 2007. Rivals talk of challenging Radio 4
The current controller of Radio 4 is Mark Damazer. The previous controller was Helen Boaden who is the current head of BBC News. The most famous — and controversial — controller in recent years was James Boyle (broadcasting).
Music and sport are the only fields that fall outside the station's remit. There are occasional concerts and Test Match Special of most Test cricket played by England cricket are broadcast on longwave. Because the longwave service can be received clearly at sea in the vicinity of the British Isles, Radio 4 also carries Shipping Forecast and gale warnings. The station has also been designated as the UK's national broadcaster in times of national emergency such as a war, meaning that even if all other radio stations were forced to close, Radio 4 would still carry on broadcasting.
The station is available on FM, longwave, Digital Audio Broadcasting, Digital TV (including Freeview), and on the Internet.
History The BBC Home Service was predecessor to Radio 4 and broadcast between 1939 and 1967. It had regional variations and was broadcast on medium wave with a network of VHF FM transmitters being added from 1955. Radio 4 replaced the Home Service on 30 September 1967, when the BBC renamed many of its domestic radio stations. It was temporarily replaced on FM between 17 January 1991 and 2 March 1991 with the Radio 4 News FM.
Programmes and schedules Daily Schedule Radio 4 splits from the BBC World Service at 0520, with a brief introduction from the early shift continuity announcer. The five-minute Radio 4 UK Theme (composed by Fritz Spiegl) would follow but was dropped in April 2006 after 33 years in favour of an extension to the early news bulletin, Press release: New early morning schedule for Radio 4 UK Theme to be dropped by Radio 4 despite some public opposition Today: The UK Theme and a campaign to save it. savetheradio4theme.co.uk After a continuity link and programme trail there is a shipping forecast, weather forecasting from coastal stations for 0400GMT and inshore waters forecasts, followed at 0530 by a news bulletin, a review of British and international newspapers, and a business report. On weekdays, Farming Today, which deals with news of relevance to the agricultural sector, is followed by Today programme which runs from 0600 to 0900. On or after the hour, a news bulletin is broadcast — this is sometimes a two minute summary, a longer piece as part of a current affairs programme, or a thirty minute broadcast on weekdays at 6pm and midnight.
At 1200, FM has a four minute bulletin whilst longwave has the headlines and then the Shipping Forecast; for the same reason, longwave leaves PM (radio programme) on weekdays at 1754.
There is a news programme or bulletin (depending on the day) at 2200, then the midnight news at 0000, followed by (on weekdays) a repeat of Book of the Week. The tune Sailing By is then played until 0048, when the late shipping forecast is broadcast. Radio 4 ends with the national anthem, God Save the Queen and the World Service takes over from 0100 until 0520.
There is an online schedule page which lists the running-order of programmes. Radio 4 Daily Schedule page
Production Many Radio 4 programmes are pre-recorded, although some programmes are transmitted live including daily programmes such as Today programme, magazine programme Woman's Hour, consumer affairs programme You and Yours, and music, film, books, arts and culture programme Front Row (radio). Continuity is generally managed from BBC Broadcasting House whilst news bulletins (including the hourly summaries and longer programmes such as the Six O'Clock News and Midnight News) and news programmes (such as Today, The World at One, PM, etc.) are based at the BBC News Centre at Television Centre in White City, London. They moved there in 1998 when the News Centre was opened to house both radio and TV news. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 1998-1999 News is due to return to Broadcasting House in 2008. New era for Broadcasting House
The Greenwich Time Signal (known as 'the pips') is broadcast most hours, sometimes as part of a programme.
Programmes
Most programmes are available as streaming audio from Radio 4's listen again page for a week after broadcast, although; RealPlayer is required to listen. Radio 4: Listen Again A smaller selection of programmes is also available as podcasts or downloadable audio files. Radio 4 - Downloading and Podcasting The BBC has announced its intention to provide an online service provisionally called the MyBBCPlayer which would let its license fee payers access a broader range of its audio and video. Press release: Speech given at the Edinburgh International Television Festival 2005
Many comedy and drama programmes from the Radio 4 archives can now be heard on BBC Radio 7.
Continuity announcers and newsreaders Announcers link programmes, read trails for programmes and read the Shipping Forecast. Newsreaders read hourly summaries and longer bulletins. Being a newsreader by Harriet Cass List of BBC Radio newsreaders
Senior Announcers
- Chris Aldridge
- Harriet Cass
Newsreaders / Continuity Announcers
- Alice Arnold
- Carolyn Brown
- Corrie Corfield
- Charlotte Green
- Annie McKie
- Rory Morrison
- Susan Rae
- Neil Sleat
Newsreaders (non-Today programme) / Continuity Announcers
- Charles Carroll
- David Miles (radio)
- Vaughan Savidge
- Kathy Clugston
Newsreaders (non-Today programme)
- Peter Donaldson
- Brian Perkins
Continuity Announcers
- Peter Jefferson (Radio)
- Jim Lee (radio)
- Caroline Nicholls
- Neil Nunes
- Howard Philpot
- Alan Smith (radio)
- Zebedee Soanes
- Diana Speed
Former staff
- David Anderson (left to senior management, but covered during the May '05 strike)
- Andrew Crawford
- Astley Jones (left 2006)
- Pennie Latin (left 11/04)
- Patrick Muirhead (left 9/04)
- Laurie Macmillan (died 10/01)
- Andy Rushton (Test Match Special announcer 1998 - June 2007)
- Moira Stuart (left 1981 to TV)
- Anna Hill (left ~2000)
- Clive Roslin (left ~1990)
Frequencies and other means of reception Radio 4 is broadcast on: Ways of Listening to Radio 4
- 92-95 MHz FM
- 95.8 MHz in central Scotland
- 96 MHz in Greater Belfast BBC analogue broadcast frequencies
- 103-104.5 MHz in parts of Wales and on 103.6 MHz in the Inverness area
- 198 kHz longwave
- Medium wave in some areas:
- 720 kHz in London and Northern Ireland
- Digital Audio Broadcasting
- standard FM content
- subsidiary LW content, where applicable
- Freeview channel 704 (FM only) BBC Radio 4 on Freeview
- the Internet Radio 4 FM live
- satellite
- Radio 4 FM: British Sky Broadcasting channel 0104 Free Channels on the Sky Digital Satellite Platform
- Radio 4 LW: British Sky Broadcasting channel 0143
- selected Cable television providers
- cable television
- NTL Digital Cable channel 910 in Republic of Ireland
See also
- Radio 4 UK Theme
References
Further reading
External links
- Last.FM: BBC Radio 4 group
- RadioListings episode guides
- Index of Radio 4 programmes about usability and design
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