| Broadcast area | United Kingdom: National (AM); National (DAB) |
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| Branding | Absolute. |
| Frequency | 1215 kHz, AM Variants (Digital One) - 11D (England & Wales) - 12A (Scotland) Sky: 0107 |
| First air date | 16th July 2010 |
| Format | Part time live Football and concerts |
| Owner | TIML Radio Limited |
| Sister stations | Absolute Radio Absolute Classic Rock Absolute 80s Absolute Radio 90s |
| Website | [1] |
Absolute Radio Extra is a part time radio service similar to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. The station was launched to broadcast the exclusive live coverage of the Premier League Games under the Rock n Roll Football brand, also broadcast on the main Absolute station and Absolute Radio 90s. The station is also used to broadcast live and pre-recorded uninterrupted sets from artists and bands under the Absolute Radio Live brand, In 2010 the station broadcast live sets from festivals such as V Festival. Also comedy sets are broadcast by Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman which presents weekend breakfast shows on Absolute Radio. When off air on DAB, 'Absolute R Extra' points to Absolute Radio 90s.
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Absolute Radio Extra is available on Saturday afternoons on Absolute Radio’s AM Frequencies between 1.30 and 6.30 In a number of areas, particularly in areas where the signal from the main 1215 transmitters overlap with each other, Absolute Radio Extra operates a number of filler transmitters on different frequencies :-
When Absolute Radio Extra began, when the radio station was not broadcasting, the station was simulcasting its sister station Absolute Radio But on the 25th August 2010, Absolute Radio 90s, which had launched earlier in June on DAB in London, Essex and along the M4 Corridor (Later Cardiff), Absolute Radio decided to simulcast the new Absolute Radio 90s station on Absolute Radio Extra’s Frequencies on the Digital One multiplex, on a trial bases which was supposed to finish on the 30th September 2010, but the sister station continues to simulcast on Absolute Radio Extra’s frequencies, when the station is off air.
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