BBC Radio

UK audio broadcaster

BBC Radio is the radio broadcasting division of the British Broadcasting Corporation, comprising multiple national and regional stations.

The stations are numbered by format: Radio 1 plays pop music, Radio 2 targets older listeners, Radio 3 offers classical music, Radio 4 focuses on news and speech programming, and Radio 5 Live covers sports and current affairs.

I heard it on BBC Radio 4.

Opposites
broadcast medium

BBC RadioBBC Television

UK state broadcasting service

BBC One · visual media · television · television broadcasting · print media

national origin/broadcasting system

BBC RadioNPR

Nonprofit American broadcaster

ABC Radio · Voice of America · Sirius XM · PBS

funding model

BBC Radiocommercial radio

Ad-supported audio broadcasting

commercial broadcasting

Family

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