What is BBC Radio 2?
{{Infobox Radio station | name = BBC Radio 2 | image = [[File:BBC Radio 2 2022.svg|150px]] | city = London | area = [[United Kingdom]] - National | airdate = 30 September 1967 | frequency = [[FM]]: 88.1 [[megahertz|MHz]] - 89.7&nbsp;MHz <br /> [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12B<br /> [[Freeview (United Kingdom)|Freeview]]: 702 <br /> [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky]]: 0102 <br /> [[Tiscali TV]]: 602 <br /> [[Virgin Media]]:902<br />[[UPC Ireland]]: 908<br />[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2.shtml?listen Live Stream] Real/WM | share = 16.0% | share as of = June 2008 | share source = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |title=RAJAR listening figures |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-date=2012-06-01 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/686c4mNb1?url=http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> | format = [[Contemporary]] [[music]] | owner = [[BBC]]<br />[[BBC Radio]] | website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 BBC Radio 2] }} '''BBC Radio 2''' is a [[radio station]] run by the [[BBC]] which is heard across the [[United Kingdom]] It started in 1967, replacing the BBC Light Programme. It is the most popular of the BBC stations with more than 15 million listeners a week in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boost for breakfast shows with increased listeners across BBC radio stations|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/rajar-2017-q4/|access-date=2023-01-24|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> The audience is mostly adults over the age of 35. Radio 2 mostly plays music from a period lasting over 40 year. For example, it plays classic [[Pop music|pop]] songs, [[Rock music|rock]], [[jazz]] and [[folk music|folk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3MhDvs4L5c7Tw7FXkSmXYBY/about-radio-2|title=BBC - About Radio 2|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-07-21}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{bbc.co.uk|radio2}} * {{b