Radio 5 sports

It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major radio 5 sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors.

If a major news story breaks during the live sport broadcasts on 5 Live, the sports coverage may sometimes be redirected and continued on 5 Sports Extra, while 5 Live switches to live news. The station is only available on digital radio , television platforms and BBC Sounds. Due to licensing reasons, international streaming of the station has not been available since 25 July The station began broadcasts at pm on 2 February Juliette Ferrington introduced the first programme — commentary of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Sunderland.

Radio 5 sports

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Television in the UK. Due to rights restrictions, some programmes are restricted to UK audiences or are not available on the BBC's online services.

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The programme is on air from Monday to Wednesday 7pm to pm, as well as Thursday and Friday 7pm to 10pm. It is also broadcast at weekends from 12pm until the early evening, depending on the events being covered. The programme was also broadcast on most bank holiday afternoons. Afternoon-long sporting coverage on Sundays, using different names during the Radio 2 era, was introduced in although this was confined to the summer months and it took on a format mixing sport and music. The 5 Live Sport name has been used since The original format featured the major sports events each Saturday afternoon, broadcasting between pm and 5 pm, with updates from the major footballing fixtures and second half commentary on a top match. The location of the commentary game would usually be revealed around 3 pm.

Radio 5 sports

If a major news story breaks during the live sport broadcasts on 5 Live, the sports coverage may sometimes be redirected and continued on 5 Sports Extra, while 5 Live switches to live news. The station is only available on digital radio , television platforms and BBC Sounds. Due to licensing reasons, international streaming of the station has not been available since 25 July The station began broadcasts at pm on 2 February Juliette Ferrington introduced the first programme — commentary of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Sunderland. In , the station was rebranded in line with the rest of the network. The new BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra logo was turned into a circular based logo in the colour green; according to research, the green colour was chosen as people associated it with sport. Along with the rebrand, Sports Extra became more closely aligned with 5 Live.

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