BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A part of BBC Radio, it broadcasts a
wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy,
science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House,
London. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station
controller is Mohit Bakaya.Radio 4 the second-most popular domestic
radio station in the United Kingdom after BBC Radio 2, broadcasting
throughout the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW
and DAB, and can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, the
north of France and Northern Europe. It is also available through
Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and on BBC Sounds. Its sister station, BBC
Radio 4 Extra, complements the main channel by broadcasting repeats
from the Radio 4 archive, extended versions of Radio 4 programmes and
supplements to series such as The Archers and Desert Island
Discs.Radio 4 is notable for its news bulletins and programmes such as
Today and The World at One, heralded on air by the Greenwich Time
Signal "pips" or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on
FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five
seconds and online up to twenty-three seconds. Radio 4 broadcasts the
Shipping Forecast which, in August 2017, was 150-years-old.
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A part of BBC Radio, it broadcasts a
wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy,
science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House,
London. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station
controller is Mohit Bakaya.Radio 4 the second-most popular domestic
radio station in the United Kingdom after BBC Radio 2, broadcasting
throughout the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW
and DAB, and can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, the
north of France and Northern Europe. It is also available through
Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and on BBC Sounds. Its sister station, BBC
Radio 4 Extra, complements the main channel by broadcasting repeats
from the Radio 4 archive, extended versions of Radio 4 programmes and
supplements to series such as The Archers and Desert Island
Discs.Radio 4 is notable for its news bulletins and programmes such as
Today and The World at One, heralded on air by the Greenwich Time
Signal "pips" or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on
FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five
seconds and online up to twenty-three seconds. Radio 4 broadcasts the
Shipping Forecast which, in August 2017, was 150-years-old.
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