Bbc Radio Schedule 4 Extra (2024)

FAQs

Why is BBC Radio 4 Extra suspended? ›

On 26 May 2022, as part of planned cuts and streamlining with a greater focus on digital, the BBC announced plans to discontinue Radio 4 Extra as a broadcast station. It will be supplanted by BBC Sounds.

How to Listen. In the UK you can listen to Radio 4 Extra in many ways: on a digital (DAB); on digital television; online through a computer; on a mobile phone; on an MP3 player. For information on listening on these platforms - BBC Sounds help.

Radio 4 Extra can be found on your digital radio station display after Radio 4.

Find the programme you're looking for by searching by date and time of broadcast on the station's schedule. Head to the Schedules page or click on Schedules > at the top right corner of the BBC Sounds homepage.

In 2022, a BBC plan said: "Over time we expect to consolidate and share more content between services, and expect to stop broadcasting some of our smaller channels on linear. This will include services like BBC Four, CBBC and Radio 4 Extra.

CBBC and BBC Four are now expected to close in 2025.

BBC Radio 5 Live is also down slightly from 5.5m to a reach of 5.25m listeners. BBC Radio 6 Music is down from 2.75 to 2.5m listeners. BBC Radio 1Xtra has 718k listeners (from 644k), BBC Radio 4 Extra has a static 1.4m, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra has 1.5m from 2.2m, and BBC Asian Network has 448k from 462k.

You can listen to Radio 4 online anywhere in the world however there are some types of content where we are restricted from distributing overseas, usually because of sports rights. If this is the case then the live and on demand stream will be blocked to international audiences for the duration of that segment.

What was the old name for Radio 4? ›

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.

BBC Radio 4 Radio – Listen Live & Stream Online.

Please contact your manufacturer if you have lost BBC live radio to check if your device can be updated. If this is not possible, you still might be able to use the device by streaming live BBC radio from the BBC Sounds app on a smartphone or tablet (Bluetooth, Airplay or Chromecast).

BBC Sounds app on mobiles and tablets

To find our local BBC radio stations, select Stations & Schedules. You can press the downward arrow at the top of the screen to continue scrolling through the app while the live stream plays. Just press the pause button to stop playback.

It is coming to the end of its life as a technology, but dates have not yet been confirmed. Effective 15th April, Radio 4 is no longer be available on medium wave. Medium wave listeners will need to retune their radio to Radio 4 on FM or DAB, or listen via smart speaker, BBC Sounds or digital television.

BBC Four HD

The channel shares its stream with CBeebies HD, as they both air at different times. In June 2022, BBC Four HD moved from the COM7 multiplex on Freeview to Multiplex B due to the closure of COM7 for spectrum reallocation; this move allows the service to reach nearly the entirety of the UK.