What is BBC Radio 4 Extra?
{{Infobox Radio station | name = BBC Radio 4 Extra | image = [[File:BBC Radio 4 Extra logo 2022.svg|150px]] | area = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom|UK]] - National | airdate = 15 December 2002 | share = 0.4% | share as of = September 2008 | share source = <ref>[http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php RAJAR listening figures]</ref> | frequency = [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12B<br />[[Freeview (United Kingdom)|Freeview]]: 708<br /> [[Freesat]]: 708<br /> [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky]]: 0131 <br /> [[Virgin Media]]: 910<br /> [[Tiscali TV (UK)|Tiscali TV]]: 633 <br /> [[UPC Ireland]]: 929<br />[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/bbc7.shtml?listen Live Stream] Real/WM | format = [[Comedy]], [[Drama]], and Children's programming | owner = [[BBC]] | website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/ www.bbc.co.uk/radio7/] }} '''BBC Radio 4 Extra''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[digital]] [[radio station]]. It plays [[comedy]], [[drama]], and [[child]]ren's programmes 24 hours a day. It was called '''[[BBC]] 7''' when it started in 2002 and was later renamed '''BBC Radio 7''' in 2008. Not many people knew what Radio 7 was, so its name was completely changed in 2011 to make it sound closer to [[BBC Radio 4]], which is run by the same person.<ref>{{bbc.co.uk|id=pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10_october/04/radio7.shtml|title=Press release on renaming}}</ref> The shows on Radio 4 Extra are mostly old programmes which were once on BBC Radio 4, although they have made some new programmes. It can be heard on digital (DAB) digital [[radio]]s and also on the [[Internet]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{bbc.co.uk|id=radio4extra/|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra}} *{{bbc.co.uk|id=radio7/|title=BBC Radio 7}} (old website) {{BBC}} [[Category:BBC radio|4 extra]] {{UK-stub}}