BBC Radio 2 Country

Radio station

BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12:00 on Thursday 5 March 2015.^[1] The station covered the Country2Country Festival and was on air for the festival's duration.

On its debut, the station broadcast for twelve hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It was relaunched for the 2016 festival, held between 10 March 2016 and 13 March 2016, and again from 9 March 2017 to 12 March 2017.

The station did not return after the 2017 festival and has not returned since.

Presenters

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, Baylen Leonard and Bobbie Pryor (2015–present)
• C2C Unplugged - presented by Bob Harris (2015–16)
• 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)
• Bluegrass and beyond - presented by Alison Krauss (2017)
• Country Pickers - presented by Marty Stuart (2017)

See also

• BBC Radio 2 Eurovision
• BBC Music Jazz
• BBC Radio 2 50s

References

1. "Radio 2 goes country with DAB station". BBC Ariel. 28 January 2015.
2. "Radio 2 Country - Radio 2 Country - Next on".

External links

• BBC Radio 2 Country on Facebook
• Media UK's BBC Radio 2 site including scheduled programming