BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is a radio station run by the BBC which is heard across the United Kingdom It started in 1967, replacing the BBC Light Programme. It is the most popular of the BBC stations with more than 15 million listeners a week in 2017.^[2] The audience is mostly adults over the age of 35.

BBC Radio 2
City of license	London
Broadcast area	United Kingdom - National
Frequency	FM: 88.1 MHz - 89.7 MHz DAB: 12B Freeview: 702 Sky: 0102 Tiscali TV: 602 Virgin Media:902 UPC Ireland: 908 Live Stream Real/WM
First air date	30 September 1967
Format	Contemporary music
Audience share	16.0%[1] (June 2008)
Owner	BBC BBC Radio
Website	BBC Radio 2

Radio 2 mostly plays music from a period lasting over 40 year. For example, it plays classic pop songs, rock, jazz and folk.^[3]