Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2011
Posts (5)
Austin, I'm listening
Editor's note: Jamillah Knowles, host of 5 live's tech culture podcast Outriders went to Austin's sprawling music, arts and tech conference South by South West earlier this month. She was on the look out for radio in all its forms - SB. Heading to the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas I knew I w...
Radioplayer - all of UK radio in one place
Listening to the radio online has a history. The first station in the world to stream radio across the Internet was North Carolina student radio station WXYC in late 1994. BBC radio programmes have been available on the web for over fifteen years. A 1995 experiment by BBC Radio 3 also included ...
Cinema began in Leeds - vote for the best West Yorkshire film
West Yorkshire is arguably the home of cinema. Actually, not even arguably. Whatever claims the French or the Americans might make, Louis Le Prince, who made the first motion pictures the world had ever seen, did his groundbreaking work in Leeds in 1888, producing two short films, Roundhay Garde...
Radio 1 - recovering from the longest show ever
We all know what it feels like to be tired right? I mean really tired. We love watching people go the extra mile for a good cause and 52 hours is a long time to be awake. 'BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave' hit the mark for many people, including me. Radio 1 liste...
New digital programmes - and a new name for Radio 7
Today we announced a series of new programmes which will be appearing on our digital radio stations. Also, we confirmed that we are changing the name of BBC Radio 7 to BBC Radio 4 Extra in April. You can find all the details in the press release. Some people have questioned why we are altering ...
