What is BBC Radio 5 Live?
{{Infobox Radio station | name = BBC Radio 5 Live | image = [[File:BBC Radio 5 Live 2022.svg|150px]] | slogan = ''Live news, live sport - this is Five Live''<br>''On DAB digital radio, digital TV, downloads and online, this is 5 Live''<br>''The Olympic station'' | city = London | area = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] - National | airdate = 28 March 1994 | frequency = [[Mediumwave|MW]]: 693 kHz, 909 kHz, and on selected [[BBC Local Radio]] stations' frequencies overnight.<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12B<br>[[Freeview (United Kingdom)|Freeview]]: 705 <br>[[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]]: 0105<br> [[Tiscali TV]]: 606 <br>[[Virgin Media]]: 905<br>[[UPC Ireland]]: 911<br> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/fivelive.shtml?listen Live Stream] Real/WM<br>[[Freesat]]: 706 | share = 4.6% | share as of = March 2010 | share source = <ref>[http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php RAJAR listening figures] {{WebCite|url=https://www.webcitation.org/686c4mNb1|date =2012-06-01}}</ref> | format = [[News]] and [[sport]] | owner = [[BBC]]<br>[[BBC Radio]] | website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive BBC Radio 5 Live] }} '''BBC Radio 5 Live''' (formerly '''BBC Radio Five Live''') is the [[BBC]]'s [[radio station]] that gives live [[BBC News]], phone-ins, and [[BBC Sport|sports]] news. It is the main radio station for [[sport]] in the [[United Kingdom]], covering nearly all big sports events in the UK or with British competitors in, including the [[Olympics]] and the [[football]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] It is transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz [[AM radio|AM]] in the [[medium wave]] band. These frequencies belonged to [[BBC Radio 2]] from [[November 23]], [[1978]] to [[August 26]], [[1990]]. Before that they were used in some regions of the UK by the [[BBC Home Service]] and [[BBC Radio 4]]. The radio is also available on digital radio in the United Kingdom via [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]], [[digital satellite]], [[IPTV]], [[Freeview]],