BBC Radio 2 Country on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up
DAB service from the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
which launched at 12:00 on Thursday 5 March 2015.
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 for the 2018 or 2019 festivals.
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
Johanne Whiley-Morton (born 4 July 1965), better known by her professional name Jo Whiley, is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running weekday later weekend '' Jo Whiley Show'' on BBC Radio 1. She curre ...
, 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
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place o ...
(2015)
* Johnnie Walker meets
Dolly (2015)
* Taking back the country - presented by
Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Ellen Judd or simply Wynonna ( ; born Christina Claire Ciminella; May 30, 1964) is an American country music singer. She is one of the most widely recognized and awarded female country singers. In all, she has had 19 No. 1 singles, incl ...
(2015)
* Country Duos - presented by
Kristian Bush
Kristian Merrill Bush (born March 14, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bush is one half of the country music duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles, and was a member of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim with Andrew Hyr ...
of
Sugarland (2015)
* Songwriters - presented by
Trisha Yearwood
Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American singer, actress, author and television personality. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single " She's in Love with the Boy," which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' c ...
(2015)
* Classic Country - presented by
Suzy Bogguss (2015)
*
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Ma ...
in conversation - presented by Bob Harris (2016)
* Gospel Hour - presented by
Hillary Scott
Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-lead singer of Lady A, previously known as Lady Antebellum, a country music group that was formed in 2006, and is signed to Big Machine Records ...
of
Lady Antebellum
Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006. The group is composed of Hillary Scott (lead and background vocals), Charles Kelley (lead and background vocals, guitar) ...
(2016) and
Reba McEntire (2017)
* On the road with
Little Big Town
Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group from Homewood, Alabama. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its founding: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman (née Roads), Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbr ...
(2016)
* Sad songs make me happy - presented by
Gretchen Peters
Gretchen Peters (born November 14, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She was born in New York, where she wrote her first song with her sister at the age of 5. In 1970, her parents broke up, and Peters moved with her mother to Boulder, ...
(2016)
* Country Playlist - presented by
The Shires (2017)
* Bluegrass and beyond - presented by
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...
(2017)
* Country Pickers - presented by
Marty Stuart (2017)
See also
*
BBC Radio 2 Eurovision
*
BBC Music Jazz
BBC Music Jazz (a British national radio station) was a temporary pop-up Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) service which was a collaboration between BBC Radio, Jazz FM and The EFG Jazz London Festival. The service ran from Thursday, 12 November ...
*
BBC Radio 2 50s
BBC Radio 2 50s was a short-lived pop-up DAB service from the BBC, that broadcast from 14:00 on Thursday 14 April 2016 until Sunday 17 April 2016. It played music from the 1950s, which had received much less airplay on Radio 2 since the 1990s ...
References
External links
*
Media UK's BBC Radio 2 site including scheduled programming
Country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while ...
Radio stations established in 2015
Radio stations disestablished in 2017
Adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom
2015 establishments in the United Kingdom
2017 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Digital-only radio stations
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Country radio stations in the United Kingdom
{{UK-radio-station-stub