Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Stations of the BBC
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List of stations
Television
- United Kingdom, digital only (Digital Terrestrial (DTT), Digital Cable and Digital Satellite (Astra 2D))
- BBC Three, formerly known as BBC Choice (DTT channel 7)
- BBC Four, formerly known as BBC Knowledge (DTT channel 10)
- BBC Parliament (terrestrial digital was originally audio only, but now broadcasts a quarter-sized screen due to capacity limitations) (DTT channel 45)
- BBC News 24 (DTT channel 40)
- CBBC Channel (Children's digital channel aimed towards children over 8yrs) (DTT channel 30)
- CBeebies (Children's digital channel aimed towards children under 8yrs) (DTT channel 31)
- United Kingdom, defunct channels
- BBC Choice, replaced by BBC Three
- BBC Knowledge, replaced by BBC Four
- United Kingdom nations (the name of the national news programme is given in parenthesis)
- BBC Scotland (Reporting Scotland)
- BBC Northern Ireland (Newsline)
- BBC Wales (Wales Today )
- English regions (the name of the regional news programme is given in parenthesis)
- BBC North East and Cumbria (Look North )
- BBC Yorkshire (Look North )
- BBC North West (North West Today /North West Tonight)
- BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (Look North )
- BBC East Midlands (East Midlands Today)
- BBC West Midlands (Midlands Today)
- BBC East (Look East)
- BBC South (Oxfordshire) (South Today )
- BBC South (South Today )
- BBC London (BBC London News )
- BBC West (Points West )
- BBC South East (South East Today)
- BBC South West * (Spotlight )
- * Includes the Channel Islands
- Rest of the world
- BBC Prime (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
- BBC America (United States)
- BBC Canada (Canada)
- BBC Food (Southern Africa and Scandinavia)
- BBC Japan (Japan)
- BBC Kids (Canada)
- BBC India (Indian subcontinent)
- BBC World
- Channels operated by BBC Worldwide Ltd in association with other organisations
- Animal Planet (in association with Discovery Communications Inc - not directly operated by the BBC)
- People+Arts (in association with Discovery Communications Inc - not directly operated by the BBC)
- UKTV (in association with Flextech Television)
- UK.TV (in Australasia) in association with FOXTEL and Fremantle Media)
- The Community Channel
Radio
See List of BBC radio stations for a full list.
- United Kingdom
- BBC Radio 1 (Contemporary popular music) (97-99 FM, DTT channel 70) - Website
- BBC Radio 2 (music for a more mature audience; and comedy), originally known as the Light Programme. This was a peacetime offshoot of the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme set up to entertain the Allied troops (and civilians) in World War II. (88-91 FM, DTT channel 72) - Website
- BBC Radio 3 (Classical, jazz and non-western music and study in musical topics), originally the Third Programme. (90-93 FM, DTT channel 73) - Website
- BBC Radio 4 (Non-musical entertainment such as drama, comedy, news programmes and factual programmes), previously the Home Service, formed in 1939 from the fusion of the prewar National and Regional Programmes. Radio 4 has both FM and longwave frequencies and sometimes broadcasts different programmes on the two bands. (92-95 FM, 198 LW, DTT channel 74) - Website
- BBC Radio Five Live (News and sports analysis and commentary), originally BBC Radio 5. (909 and 693 MW, DTT channel 75) - Website
- United Kingdom, national
- Radio Scotland - Website
- Radio nan Gaidheal (in Scottish Gaelic) - Website
- Radio Wales - Website
- Radio Cymru (in Welsh) - Website
- Radio Ulster - Website
- Radio Foyle - Website
- United Kingdom, local (England and Channel Islands) - See the BBC Local Radio article.
- United Kingdom, digital only
- BBC Asian Network (Broadcasting in English and a variety of other languages; available as an analogue broadcast in some parts of the Midlands and Northern England) (DTT channel 79) -Website
- BBC Five Live Sports Extra (Extended and extra commentary of sports events) (DTT channel 76) - Website
- BBC 1Xtra (Contemporary black music) (DTT channel 71) - Website
- BBC 6 Music (indie rock/alternative rock) (DTT channel 77) - Website
- BBC 7 (speech, drama and comedy; launched December 15, 2002) (DTT channel 78) - Website
- World
- BBC World Service (DTT channel 80) - Website
Miscellaneous
- Ceefax
- bbc.co.uk - look here for BBC web pages
- H2G2 (collaborative writing project initiated by Douglas Adams)
- The BBC's technical lead is assisted by its Research & Development department at Kingswood Warren . - Website
Last updated: 06-02-2005 19:38:39
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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