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About BBC Radio

Nearly 33 million people listen to BBC Radio each week. The BBC offers a portfolio of services aimed at providing something for every listener, whatever their interest, whatever their mood.

The choice ranges from local programming from one of the 40 Local Radio stations in England or the six dedicated radio services in the Nations (Radio Scotland, Radio Nan Gaidheal, Radio Ulster, Radio Foyle, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru); music of all kinds on Radios 1, 2, 3, 1Xtra, 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network; a wide range of speech programmes on Radio 4; news and sport on Five Live and Five Live Sports Extra; and comedy, drama and children's programming on BBC 7.

BBC Radio broadcasts in the UK on analogue, DAB digital Radio, digital television and online.

Policies, guidelines and reports

Find out more about the policies of the BBC national radio networks and the policies of the Nations & Regions.

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Commissioning

Information about commissioning for all of the BBC's national radio stations and for our local radio services in the Nations.

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Licence fee

There is no separate radio licence. The licence fee provides for 8 interactive TV channels, 10 radio networks, over 50 local TV and radio services as well as bbc.co.uk and BBC jam, a free online learning service for 5 to 16 year olds.

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Resources - external web links

Links to relevant sites around the world wide web.

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