BBC Radio 5 (former)
Former British national radio station (1990–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former station. For the current (successor) station, see BBC Radio 5 Live.
BBC Radio 5 was a national radio station that broadcast sports, children's and educational programmes. It ran from 1990 to 1994 and was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz AM.
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom – national MW |
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Frequency | 693 kHz, 909 kHz (990 kHz in West Wales) |
Programming | |
Format | Sports, children's and educational programmes |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
History | |
First air date | 27 August 1990; 33 years ago (1990-08-27) |
Last air date | 27 March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03-27) |
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On 28 March 1994, three years and seven months after the station started, it was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live, following the success of rolling news coverage of the Gulf War on Radio 4 News FM.[1]