BBC Radio 2 Country
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| Broadcast area | United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet |
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| First air date | 8 March 2015 |
| Format | Country, Americana, Gospel, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment |
| Language(s) | English |
| Owner | BBC |
| Sister stations | BBC Radio 2 |
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| Website |
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BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015.[1] The station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015.
It returned on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13th March 2016 and will return for the 2017 festival.
The station covers the Country2Country Festival.
Presenters
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Harris | Bob Harris | |
| Sara Cox | Sara Cox | |
| Steve Wright | Steve Wright | |
| Baylen Leonard | Baylen Leonard | |
| Sally Traffic | Sally Traffic | |
| Patrick Kielty | Patrick Kielty | |
| Paul Gambaccini | Paul Gambaccini | |
| Cerys Matthews | Cerys Matthews | |
| Alex Lester | Alex Lester | |
| Ricky Ross | Ricky Ross | |
| Trisha Yearwood | Gretchen Peters | |
| Wynonna Judd | Paul Sexton | |
| Kristian Bush | Don Henley | |
| Suzy Bogguss | Little Big Town | |
| Johnnie Walker | Hillary Scott | |
| Tony Blackburn | Ken Bruce | |
| Terry Wogan | Liza Tarbuck | |
| Helen Macpherson | Jeremy Vine | |
| Michael Ball | ||
| Simon Mayo |
Special Programmes
A number of famous country singers have presented one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station:
- Live from Country to Country - presented by Bob Harris, Jo Whiley, Patrick Kielty, Alex Lester, Paul Sexton and Baylen Leonard (2015–present)
- C2C Unplugged - presented by Bob Harris (2015–present)
- Patrick Kielty meets Garth Brooks (2015)
- Bob Harris meets Miranda Lambert (2015)
- Johnnie Walker meets Dolly (2015)
- Taking back the country - presented by Wynonna Judd (2015)
- Country Duos - presented by Kristian Bush of Sugarland (2015)
- Songwriters - presented by Trisha Yearwood (2015)
- Classic Country - presented by Suzy Bogguss (2015)
- Loretta Lynn in conversation - presented by Bob Harris (2016)
- Gospel Hour - presented by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum (2016)
- On the road with Little Big Town (2016)
- Sad songs make me happy - presented by Gretchen Peters (2016)
See also
References
- ↑ "Radio 2 goes country with DAB station". BBC Ariel. 28 January 2015.
External links
- BBC Radio 2 Country on Facebook
- BBC Radio 2 on Google+
- Media UK's BBC Radio 2 site including scheduled programming
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