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Radio station
BBC Radio 2 Country
Broadcast area
United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet
Frequency
DAB: 12B
Programming
Language(s)
English
Format
Country, Americana, Gospel, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment
Ownership
Owner
BBC
Sister stations
BBC Radio 2
History
First air date
5 March 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-05)
Last air date
12 March 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-12)
Links
Webcast
[1]
Website
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jxzfq
BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12:00 on Thursday 5 March 2015.[1] The station covered the Country2Country Festival and was on air for the festival's duration.
On its debut, the station broadcast for twelve hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It was relaunched for the 2016 festival, held between 10 March 2016 and 13 March 2016, and again from 9 March 2017 to 12 March 2017.
The station did not return after the 2017 festival and has not returned since.
^"Radio 2 goes country with DAB station". BBC Ariel. 28 January 2015.
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