BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 1Xtra (also known as 1Xtra) is a digital British contemporary black music station from the BBC. The station was launched at 6pm on August 16, 2002. It was called Network X during the planning period. It is the complement station to Radio 1 and is broadcast from the same building as Radio 1 - Yalding House in central London. This is part of the BBC's massive Broadcasting House complex of radio studios and other offices.

BBC Radio 1Xtra
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Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - National
SloganOn air. On the ground.
FrequencyDAB: 12B
Freeview: 701
Freesat: 701
Sky: 0137
Virgin Media: 907
Tiscali TV: 601
Live Stream Real/WM
First air dateAugust 16, 2002
Format Mainstream urban, electronica, soul, R&B
Audience share0.3%[1] (September 2008)
Owner BBC,
BBC Radio
Sister stationsBBC Radio 1
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/1xtra

Music policy

The playlist generally includes British, Caribbean, African and North American hip hop, grime, bassline, garage, dubstep, funky, drum and bass, bashment, soca, reggae, gospel music, bhangra, soul and R&B. It is available on digital radio (DAB), digital satellite television, digital terrestrial television (Freeview), and the Internet. It has its own news team: 1Xtra News.

Audience profile

1Xtra's audience is usually aged between 15 and 30 years old.[2] The upper age range is deliberately lower than sister station Radio 1 which is closer to 35.

According to the "Submission to the Secretary of State's review of digital channels" in March 2004, 1Xtra "provides music output 24 hours a day, punctuated by bespoke BBC news bulletins and other speech output designed specifically to be pertinent to the audience."

BBC Radio 1Xtra Media

References

  1. RAJAR listening figures
  2. "BBC 1Xtra". Archived from the original on 21 March 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2008.

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