BBC Radio 5 (former)

This article is about the former station. For the current (successor) station, see BBC Radio 5 Live.

BBC Radio 5
  • United Kingdom
Frequencies693 kHz, 909 kHz (990 kHz in West Wales)
Programming
FormatSports, children's and educational programmes
Ownership
OwnerBBC
History
First air date
27 August 1990 (1990-08-27)
Last air date
27 March 1994 (1994-03-27)

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.

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 BBC Radio 4 News FM.

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