BBC Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain programmes.
For the BBC radio station also known as 'Radio 4', see BBC Radio 4.United Kingdom and Internationally via Satellite and BBC Sounds
- DAB: 12B BBC National DAB
- Freesat: 708
- Freeview: 708
- Sky (UK only): 0126
- Virgin Media: 910
- Virgin Media Ireland: 929
English
- 15 December 2002 (as BBC 7)
- 2 April 2011 (as BBC Radio 4 Extra)
BBC 7 (2002–2008)
BBC Radio 7 (2008–2011)
The station launched in December 2002 as BBC 7, broadcasting a mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. The station was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as BBC Radio 4 Extra in April 2011. For the first quarter of 2013, Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1.642 million people and had a market share of 0.95%; in the last quarter of 2016 the numbers were 2.184 million listeners and 1.2% of market share.[1][2]
According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.4 million with a listening share of 1% as of December 2023.[3]