Oneword Radio was a British commercial digital radio station featuring books,

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, children's programming, and discussion. The station was available in the UK via

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( DAB) and

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(

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and Sky Digital DVB-S) and was

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on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide. It was launched on 2 May 2000. Ownership was shared between

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and

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

between early 2005 and December 2007. In October 2005, Channel 4 increased its stake to a majority by buying 51% of Oneword for £1 million. At 7.30 on weekday mornings, Oneword carried the

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daily news broadcast ''The Morning Report'', which was produced by the Channel 4 news team.

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removed OneWord from its ex-

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cable channel lineup on 4 October 2007. Oneword was not on its ex-Telewest lineup at the time. In December 2007, Channel 4 decided to withdraw its funding, selling its share back to UBC Media Group for £1. All programming was replaced by repeats of previous output. On 1 January 2008 the remaining staff were dismissed. Oneword ceased broadcasting on DAB on Friday 11 January 2008."Two digital radio stations to close"
''The Guardian'', 10 January 2008 After broadcasting ended,

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was broadcast on the channel until a permanent replacement,

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, came on air on 1 June 2009. It has been claimed that the audience for the station was higher while the birdsong was playing than when the station was broadcasting normally.

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