BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a national radio station in the United Kingdom and part of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The station plays a variety of spoken programmes with News, drama, history, humorous and scientific programs. That in 1967 was arose from the former BBC Home Service.

Radio 4 Radio 2 is after the most popular radio station in the United Kingdom and was in 2003 and 2004 "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. [1]  it is with £ 71.4 million (2005/2006)[2]  the most expensive national radio station. There is no comparable (commercial) transmitter, although Channel 4 in 2007 (now abandoned) had plans to start a support channel. [3]

Music and sports coverage are the only ones not normally fit within the program of the transmitter, although the long wave extensive reports about test cricket matches of the English national cricket team are broadcast. Because the transmitter is received well on sea, are also on Radio 4 broadcast weather forecasts for shipping (The Shipping Forecast). The transmitter is also designated as national channel disaster relief. This means that if all other channels stop because of emergency situations such as a war, Radio 4 continues broadcasting.