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BBC Radio 5 live

Live news - live sport
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Promising "live news and live sport", BBC Radio 5 live is the BBC's rolling radio news service, launched in 1994. It broadcasts from MediaCityUK in Salford.

The network carries sports commentaries on evenings and weekends, and has a part-time digital service Five Live Sports Extra which also has additional sports coverage.

Editorial area:UK
FormatNews/Sport/Talk
Audience figures5,341,000 listeners per weekRAJAR March 2017
Launched:27 August 1990
OwnerBBC
Former namesBBC Radio Five
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Five Live

Contact BBC Radio 5 live

Postal addressQuay House
MediaCityUK
Salford
M50 2QH
Telephone:
reception
+44 20 8743 8000
Telephone:
studio
+44 808 590 9693
Official website
Wikipedia
YouTube
Personal emailfirstname.surname@bbc.co.uk

Social media

Twitter@bbc5live (611,304 followers) compare
Twitter: Jobs@BBCCareers (108,497 followers) compare
Twitter: Sport@5liveSport (232,557 followers) compare
Twitter: Press Office@bbcpress (131,430 followers) compare
FacebookBBC Radio 5 live (285,082 likes) compare
TuneInBBC-Radio-5-live-909 (2,100,000 followers) compare
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People

Aasmah Mir Presenter
Adrian Chiles Presenter
Alan Green Presenter
Anita Anand Presenter
Anna Foster Presenter
Brian Alexander Presenter
Charlotte Green Presenter
Colin Murray Presenter
Dan Walker Presenter
Danny Baker Presenter
Darren Fletcher Presenter
Dotun Adebayo Presenter
Emma Barnett Presenter
Gabby Logan Presenter
Gabriele Marcotti Presenter
Gordon Turnbull Sports Editor
Ian Wright Presenter
Jason Mohammad Presenter
Jermaine Jenas Presenter
Jo Hornby Journalist
John Motson Presenter
John Inverdale Presenter
John Pienaar Presenter
Jon Wilkinson Producer
Jonathan Legard Presenter
Jonathan Wall Programme Director
Kelly Cates Presenter
Mark Chapman Presenter
Mark Pougatch Presenter
Mickey Clark Presenter
Nicky Campbell Presenter
Orna Merchant Travel reporter
Peter Allen Presenter
Peter Crowther Studio Manager
Phil Williams Presenter
Rachael Bland Journalist
Rachel Burden Presenter
Rhod Sharp Presenter
Russell Fuller Presenter
Sam Walker Presenter
Sarah Brett Presenter
Sarfraz Manzoor Presenter
Simon Mayo Presenter
Stephen Nolan Presenter
Steve Mawhinney Head of News
Steven Davies Journalist
Will Cooper Interactive Editor

…at BBC

Chris Roberts Project Engineer
Fran Unsworth Director BBC World Service Group
Helen Boaden Director of BBC Radio
James Harding Director of News and Current Affairs
James Purnell Director of radio education arts music learning and children
James Purnell Director of Strategy
Tony Hall Director-General

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