the main Radio 4 news programmes such as The World at One.

The original plan, of broadcasting the service on the Radio 4 long wave frequency, was dropped by October 1993 following considerable protests from Radio 4 listeners, and instead the BBC decided to close BBC Radio 5 and replace the old service's educational and children's programmes with a new news service, while retaining Radio 5's sports programmes.

Broadcasting

BBC Radio

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