March (5 posts)
Thursday 31 March 2011, 14:38
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 would be...
Read more about Austin, I'm listening
Wednesday 30 March 2011, 11:23
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 what we...
Monday 28 March 2011, 17:05
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 Garden Scene...
Read more about Cinema began in Leeds - vote for the best West Yorkshire film
Tuesday 22 March 2011, 13:50
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 listeners...
Read more about Radio 1 - recovering from the longest show ever
Tuesday 1 March 2011, 12:00
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 a much...
Read more about New digital programmes - and a new name for Radio 7
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