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BBC Radio 4 Extra

British digital radio station
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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Summary

BBC Radio 4 Extra is a radio station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month, #50 of 6,625).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC Radio 4 Extra is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's instance of is recorded as radio station[4].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[5].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's radio format is recorded as radio comedy[6].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's radio format is recorded as radio drama[7].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's radio format is recorded as factual entertainment[8].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's radio format is recorded as radio serial[9].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's radio format is recorded as radio documentary[10].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's said to be the same as is recorded as BBC Radio 7[11].
  • April 2, 2011 marks the founding of BBC Radio 4 Extra[12].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra[13].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC Radio 4 Extra[14].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's streaming media URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/player/bbc_radio_four_extra[15].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's streaming media URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_four_extra[16].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's described at URL is recorded as https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/uk/BBC-Radio-4-Extra.html[17].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's replaces is recorded as BBC Radio 7[18].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'BBC Radio 4 Extra'}[19].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's different from is recorded as BBC Radio 7[20].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's language used is recorded as British English[21].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's channel number is recorded as 708[22].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's channel number is recorded as 0131[23].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's channel number is recorded as 910[24].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's channel number is recorded as 929[25].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+23945'}[26].
  • BBC Radio 4 Extra's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+23577'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Broadcaster[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 2002-12-15[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2011-04-02[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d309b2e5-a6b9-43b7-91ae-ec2986568f4d[32]

Body

Founding

April 2, 2011 marks the founding of BBC Radio 4 Extra[12].

Identity

BBC Radio 4 Extra's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'it'}[19].

Ownership

BBC Radio 4 Extra is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[5].

Why It Matters

BBC Radio 4 Extra ranks in the top 0.75% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (360 views/month, #50 of 6,625).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . astra2sat.com. Retrieved . astra2sat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . astra2sat.com. Retrieved . astra2sat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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