BBC Radio 2 Country

BBC Radio 2 Country
Broadcast area United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet
Frequency
First air date 8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)
Format Country, Americana, Gospel, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment
Language(s) English
Owner BBC
Sister stations BBC Radio 2
Webcast
Website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jxzfq

BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015.[1] The station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015.

It returned on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13th March 2016 and will return for the 2017 festival.

The station covers the Country2Country Festival.

Presenters

2015 2016 2017
Bob Harris Bob Harris
Sara Cox Sara Cox
Steve Wright Steve Wright
Baylen Leonard Baylen Leonard
Sally Traffic Sally Traffic
Patrick Kielty Patrick Kielty
Paul Gambaccini Paul Gambaccini
Cerys Matthews Cerys Matthews
Alex Lester Alex Lester
Ricky Ross Ricky Ross
Trisha Yearwood Gretchen Peters
Wynonna Judd Paul Sexton
Kristian Bush Don Henley
Suzy Bogguss Little Big Town
Johnnie Walker Hillary Scott
Tony Blackburn Ken Bruce
Terry Wogan Liza Tarbuck
Helen Macpherson Jeremy Vine
Michael Ball
Simon Mayo

Special Programmes

A number of famous country singers have presented one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station:

See also

References

  1. "Radio 2 goes country with DAB station". BBC Ariel. 28 January 2015.

External links


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