BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is British public radio station owned by British Broadcasting Corporation. The station broadcasts extended additional sports coverage.
History[]
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra launched as part of BBC's expansion into digital radio by launching several digital only stations that would complement existing coverage. At the time of launch, all radio sports coverage was included as part of BBC Radio 5 Live's mix of news and sport, the longwave frequencies of BBC Radio 4 or on individual BBC Local Radio stations. As these platforms couldn't appropriately accommodate any additional sports, a new service was launched: BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra. The station began broadcasts at 2:30 pm on 2 February 2002. Juliette Ferrington introduced the first programme – commentary of Manchester United against Sunderland.
Despite many television rights to sporting events being heavily fought over by commercial companies, such as Sky Sports and ITV Sport, radio sports coverage for many events are still held by BBC: the main competitor being the commercial station Talksport.
In 2007, the station was rebranded in line with the rest of the network. The new BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra logo was turned into a circular based logo in the colour green; according to research, the green colour was chosen as people associated it with sport. In addition, a new background of blue and red diagonal lines on the same green colour was adopted for promotions for the service. Along with the rebrand, Sports Extra began to become closer aligned with BBC Radio 5 Live. As a result, the online presence of the station was toned down with only an upcoming schedule remaining; all other details were merged into BBC Radio 5 Live website or the new BBC Radio online homepage.
In 2011 the station, along with BBC Radio 5 Live, moved to MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Programmings[]
- Test Match Special
- Cricket World Cup,
- ICC Champions Trophy
- Twenty20 World Cup
- England cricket tests and One Day Internationals
- Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals and final and Twenty20 Cup
- Cricket's County Championship
- Full broadcasts of Premier League and Home Nation football
- Major League Baseball's World Series
- Wimbledon Tennis championships
- National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Finals
- Tennis Grand Slam
- Formula One motor racing
- Action from any other competition broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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