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BBC Radio 2 Country

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Frequency
  
DAB: 12B

Owner
  
BBC

Language(s)
  
English

Broadcast area
  
United Kingdom; available worldwide through the internet

First air date
  
8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)

Format
  
Country, Americana, Gospel, Hot AC, Indie Music, Infotainment

BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015. The station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015.

It returned on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13th March 2016 and will return for the 2017 festival.

The station covers the Country2Country Festival.

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–present)
  • 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)
  • Gospel Hour - presented by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum (2016) and Reba McEntire (2017)
  • On the road with Little Big Town (2016)
  • Sad songs make me happy - presented by Gretchen Peters (2016)
  • Country Playlist - presented by The Shires (2017)

    • References

    BBC Radio 2 Country Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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