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BBC Radio 5 Live at 30 – Dotun Adebayo looks back
I first arrived at Radio 5 Live at the old TV Centre in west London back in July 1998, as a guest on what was then known as Late Night Live with Nick Robinson.Publication date: 28.03.2024
BBC Radio 5 Live set to mark 30 years of broadcasting
BBC Radio 5 Live has announced plans to celebrate its 30th birthday on Thursday 28 March 2024 with a day of special programming. The station launched at 5am on Monday 28 March 1994, taking over from BBC Radio 5 which ran from 1990 to 1994.Publication date: 25.03.2024
Gordon Smart to host weeknight show on BBC Radio 5 Live
Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Gordon Smart is the new host of BBC Radio 5 Live’s late show, Monday to Thursday 10pm-1am.Publication date: 13.12.2023
Colin Murray moves from weeknights to weekends at BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live’s Colin Murray is swapping weeknights for weekends to host two new shows. The former Fighting Talk host will be on-air Sunday 10am till 2pm and Friday afternoons 2pm till 4pm starting on January 12th 2024.Publication date: 24.11.2023
Colin Murray to host Sunday morning sport show on BBC Radio 5 Live
Colin Murray is moving from his late weeknight programme to host a new show on Sunday mornings, 10am-12pm from 14 January.Publication date: 24.11.2023
BBC Radio 5 Live journalist Helen Place dies after short and sudden illness
Tributes have been paid to radio journalist and newsreader Helen Place who has died after a short and sudden illness. Helen died on Saturday, just a couple of weeks after a cancer diagnosis. She worked at the BBC since 2005, most recently in the Money and Work team at Salford.Publication date: 15.11.2023
BBC to create four new commissioning roles in Network Radio
Four new roles are being created across BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live in Commissioning.Publication date: 12.09.2023
Helen Skelton leaves BBC Radio 5 Live for family reasons
Helen Skelton told her BBC Radio 5 Live listeners this morning that she is leaving the station to spend more time with her children.Publication date: 13.08.2023
Rick Edwards to host Fighting Talk following Colin Murray departure
BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast co-host Rick Edwards is the new presenter of Fighting Talk. Rick will take over the show when it returns in September following Colin Murray’s decision to leave the show at the end of the last season.Publication date: 08.08.2023
Gordon Smart returns with weekly show on BBC Radio 5 Live
Journalist and broadcaster Gordon Smart is joining BBC 5 Live with a brand new Sunday evening show which will broadcast from Glasgow. Gordon will be on-air every Sunday from 8pm – 10pm starting on July 16th with an insider’s take on the biggest news and sport stories of the week...Publication date: 29.06.2023