Broadcast area | United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet |
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First air date | 8 March 2015 |
Format | Country, Americana, Gospel, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment |
Language(s) | English |
Owner | BBC |
Sister stations | BBC Radio 2 |
Webcast | [1] |
Website | www |
BBC Radio 2 Country is a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015. The station covers the Country2Country Festival and is only an active during the festival.
On its debut the station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It returned twice so far - on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13 March 2016 and on 9 March 2017, closing down on 12th March 2017.
A number of famous country singers have presented one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station: