BBC Radio remains UK’s favourite reaching 31 million weekly listeners as audiences come to BBC audio on air, on demand and across podcast and social platforms

Strong breakfast audiences and music extensions compliment 831 million BBC Sounds plays, 215 million global downloads and ...
Digital Spy

BBC Radio 7 to become Radio 4 Extra

The Trust approves plans to rebrand Radio 7 as Radio 4 Extra as a way to boost digital radio takeup. The BBC Trust has today approved a BBC proposal to transform Radio 7 into Radio 4 Extra as a way to ...
British Comedy Guide

Radio 7's Best 7 Comedies

BBC Radio 7 is no more. It's morphed into BBC Radio 4 Extra. Whilst there is clearly many exciting things coming up on the new digital station, for many comedy fans the end of Radio 7 is a sad thing.
The Drum

Listeners revolt over BBC Radio 7 re-brand

BBC Radio 7’s re-branding to Radio 4 Extra hasn’t gone down too well with listeners, according to reports in the Daily Mail, with fans up in arms at the replacement of children’s programming with ...
BBC

BBC Radio makes impressive start to 2026 as audiences enjoy unrivalled music and speech offer

New figures across BBC Radio show how listeners consumed the BBC’s audio content in the first quarter of 2026. According to the latest RAJAR figures for the period (5 January – 5 April 2026), the BBC ...
Radio World

BBC Explores ‘Mixed’ Radio Ecology

When it comes to DAB in the United Kingdom, the BBC is a committed supporter. In addition to making its established networks available on DAB, “the BBC has invested in DAB through creating a number of ...