Stations of the BBC

List of Stations

Television

• BBC UK
  • BBC One
  • BBC One HD (High-definition channel)
  • BBC Two
  • BBC Two HD (High-definition channel)
  • BBC Three
  • BBC Three HD (High-definition channel)
  • BBC Four
  • BBC Four HD (High-definition channel)
  • BBC Parliament
  • BBC News (Also available online for UK)
  • BBC News HD (High-definition channel)
  • CBBC (8-12 year-olds)
  • CBBC HD (8-12 year-olds) (High-definition channel)
  • CBeebies (1-7 year-olds)
  • CBeebies HD (1-7 year-olds) (High-definition channel)
  • BBC Alba

• BBC Nations & Regions
  • See BBC Regional TV

• BBC Worldwide
  • BBC Entertainment
  • BBC America (United States)
  • BBC Canada (Canada)
  • BBC Lifestyle
  • BBC Arabic Television (Middle East)
  • BBC Persian Television
  • BBC Kids (Canada)
  • BBC Urdu (Pakistan)
  • BBC World News
  • BBC Knowledge
  • CBeebies
  • BBC HD

• BBC Worldwide Ltd and other Organisations
  • UKTV (in association with Scripps Networks Interactive)
    • Free-to-Air (Freeview):
      • Yesterday
      • Dave
      • Really
    • Subscription (Cable & Satellite):
      • Gold
      • Watch
      • Alibi
      • Blighty
      • Eden
      • Home
      • Good Food
  • UKTV (in Australia and New Zealand)
  • Community Channel

Radio

• BBC Radio UK
  • BBC Radio 1 (Contemporary popular music) (97-99 FM) - Website
  • BBC Radio 2 (music for a more mature audience; and comedy), originally known as the Light Programme. (88-91 FM) - Website
  • BBC Radio 3 (Classical, jazz and non-western music and study in musical topics), originally the Third Programme. (90-93 FM) - 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 pre-war National and Regional Programmes. Radio 4 has both FM and longwave frequencies and broadcasts a limited amount of different programming on the two bands. (92-95 FM, 198 LW) - Website
  • BBC Radio 5 Live (News and sports analysis and commentary), originally BBC Radio 5. (909 and 693 MW) - Website

• BBC Digital Radio
  • BBC Radio 1Xtra (new black music) - Website
  • BBC Radio 6 Music (indie rock/alternative rock) - Website
  • BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (Extended and extra commentary of sports events found on Radio 4 long wave) - Website
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra (children's, drama and comedy; launched 15 December 2002 as BBC Radio 7) - Website
  • 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) -Website
• BBC Nations' Radio
  • BBC Radio Scotland - Website
  • BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (in Gaelic) - Website
  • BBC Radio Wales - Website
  • BBC Radio Cymru (in Welsh) - Website
  • BBC Radio Ulster - Website
  • BBC Radio Foyle - Website

• BBC Local Radio (England and Channel Islands)
  • See BBC Local Radio

• World
  • BBC World Service - Website

Miscellaneous

• BBC Red Button
• Ceefax
• BBC Online
  • H2G2 (collaborative writing project initiated by Douglas Adams)
  • Research & Development Department - Website
• BBC News
• BBC Weather

List of Former Stations

Radio

• During World War II
  • Replaced by BBC Home Service
    • BBC Regional Programme
    • BBC National Programme
  • World War II Stations/Armed Forces
    • BBC Forces Programme: replaced by the General Forces Programme with the influx of United States servicemen in the run-up to D-Day
    • BBC General Forces Programme: replaced the Forces Programme, closed as hostilities and occupation ended
    • BBC Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme: operated from D-Day+1 until shortly after VE-Day
    • Wartime Broadcasting Service A service of the BBC intended to broadcast for over three months after a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, or if conventional bombing and shelling destroyed peacetime BBC transmitters (it never went on air).
  • Replaced by current radio stations
    • BBC Light Programme: became BBC Radio 2
    • BBC Third Programme: became part of BBC Third Network
    • BBC Network Three: became part of BBC Third Network, and included
      • BBC Music Programme
      • BBC Study Session
      • BBC Sports Service: later transferred to BBC Radio 2
    • BBC Third Network: renamed BBC Radio 3, dropping the separate Music Programme name and eventually also those of Study Session and the Third Programme
    • BBC Radio 2 Eurovision
    • BBC Radio 2 Country
    • BBC Home Service: became BBC Radio 4
    • Radio 4 News FM: news service on BBC Radio 4's FM frequencies during the first Gulf War
    • BBC Radio 5: closed and replaced by BBC Radio Five Live which also incorporated the Sports Service from Radio 2.
  • BBC international radio services
    • BBC Empire Service: replaced from the outbreak of World War II by the General Overseas Service
    • BBC General Overseas Service: replaced by the BBC Overseas Service
    • BBC Overseas Service: renamed the BBC World Service

Television

• BBC TV Europe: Replaced by:
• BBC World Service Television: split into BBC World and BBC Prime
• BBC Choice: replaced by BBC Three and the CBBC Channel
• BBC Knowledge: replaced by CBeebies and BBC Four
• BBC Japan
• BBC Local TV: 9-month pilot project in West Midlands
• BBC Select: an overnight subscription service run on BBC One
• BBC HD : replaced by BBC Two HD