BBC Radio 2 Country
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| Broadcast area | United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet |
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| First air date | 8 March 2015 |
| Format | Country Music, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment |
| Language(s) | English |
| Owner | BBC |
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BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015.[1] The station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015.
The station covered the Country2Country 2015 Festival and will return for the 2016 festival on 11th March 2016.
Presenters
| 2015 | 2016 |
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| Bob Harris | Bob Harris |
| Sara Cox | Sara Cox |
| Steve Wright | Steve Wright |
| Trisha Yearwood | Gretchen Peters |
| Wynonna Judd | Paul Sexton |
| Kristian Bush | Don Henley |
| Baylen Leonard | Baylen Leonard |
| Sally Traffic | Sally Traffic |
| Patrick Kielty | Patrick Kielty |
| Suzy Boggus | Little Big Town |
| Johnnie Walker | Hillary Scott |
| Paul Gambaccini | Paul Gambaccini |
| Tony Blackburn | Ken Bruce |
| Terry Wogan | Liza Tarbuck |
| Cerys Matthews | Cerys Matthews |
| Alex Lester | Simon Mayo |
| Helen Macpherson | Jeremy Vine |
| Ricky Ross | Ricky Ross |
| Michael Ball |
Special Programmes
A number of famous country singers have presented one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station:
- Live from Country to Country - presented by Bob Harris, Jo Whiley, Patrick Kielty, Alex Lester, Paul Sexton and Baylen Leonard (2015-present)
- C2C Unplugged - presented by Bob Harris (2015)
- Patrick Kielty meets Garth Brooks (2015)
- Bob Harris meets Miranda Lambert (2015)
- Johnnie Walker meets Dolly (2015)
- Taking back the country - presented by Wynonna Judd (2015)
- Country Duos - presented by Kristian Bush of Sugarland (2015)
- Songwriters - presented by Trisha Yearwood (2015)
- Classic Country - presented by Suzy Bogguss (2015)
- Loretta Lynn in conversation - presented by Bob Harris (2016)
- On the road with Little Big Town (2016)
- Sad songs make me happy - presented by Gretchen Peters (2016)
See also
References
- ↑ "Radio 2 goes country with DAB station". BBC Ariel. 28 January 2015.
External links
- BBC Radio 2 Country on Facebook
- BBC Radio 2 on Google+
- Media UK's BBC Radio 2 site including scheduled programming
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