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BBC Radio

division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation
Organization Division Q1191294

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
division, broadcaster[3]
Official website
www.bbc.co.uk[11]

Status and dates

Inception
1927[9]

Location

Headquarters location
London, Broadcasting House[5][6]
Country
United Kingdom[2]

Industry and activity

Industry
mass media[7]

People

Chairperson
Bob Shennan[8]

Relations

Owned by
British Broadcasting Corporation[4]
Parent organization or unit
British Broadcasting Corporation[10]
More facts +1
Award received
Peabody Awards[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en BBC Radio ar راديو بي بي سي el Ραδιόφωνο BBC fa رادیو بی بی سی fa بی بی سی رادیو fa رادیو بی‌بی‌سی hi बीबीसी रेडियो it Radio BBC ja 英国放送協会のラジオ放送 ko BBC 라디오 zh 英國廣播公司電台
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
149442140
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no96016410
BBC Things ID
750722e3-23b9-44af-8409-9a6ce44f95a7
Freebase ID
/m/016df2
J9U entity ID
987007381023205171
MusicBrainz label ID
ceb85fe2-75e6-4d54-802b-4b78441babf3
Quora topic ID
BBC-Radio
Related category
Category:Live albums recorded at the BBC Radio studios
Theatricalia theatre ID
2k5
Topic's main category
Category:BBC Radio
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
3427
Wellcome Collection concept ID
yyu7wfdk
Show all 14 identifiers +2
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["HistoricalEvent", "BBCBeganRadioService1922"]
Yale LUX ID
group/08fcae4a-d1bd-4660-8bcf-d5f3f4be81b5

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🔗 Connections
Mb:label ownership 22
BBC World Service, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 6 Music +14 more
Employees / affiliates 2
Arthur Dent, Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala
Headquarters location 2
London, Broadcasting House
Instance of 2
division, broadcaster
Award received 1
Peabody Awards
Country 1
United Kingdom
Has these parts 1
BBC Radio 2
Industry 1
mass media
Owned by 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Parent organization or unit 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Topic's main category 1
Category:BBC Radio
← Broadcast by 1
Green Flag Award
← Category's main topic 1
Category:BBC Radio
← Mb:label ownership 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
← Organizational division 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
← Original broadcaster 1
One Love Manchester
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FAQs

What awards did BBC Radio receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[1].

Related Entities

broadcaster London mass media United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Mendematthias · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → mass media
    Inception → 1927
    Chairperson → Bob Shennan
    Related category → Category:Live albums recorded at the BBC Radio studios
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [de] label, description and aliases: BBC Radio, Sparte und Hörfunkdienst der British Broadcasting Corporation"
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