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''This article deals with the (now defunct) UK Radio Station, Oneword. For the writing excercise: '''[[oneword.com]]'''.'' |
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'''Oneword Radio''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] commercial [[digital radio in the United Kingdom|digital radio station]] featuring [[books]], [[radio drama|drama]], [[radio comedy|comedy]], [[children's programming]], and [[discussion]]. The station was available in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] via [[digital radio]] ([[Digital audio broadcasting|DAB]]) and [[digital television]] ([[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] [[DVB-T]] and [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]] [[DVB-S]]) and was [[streaming media|streamed]] on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide. |
'''Oneword Radio''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] commercial [[digital radio in the United Kingdom|digital radio station]] featuring [[books]], [[radio drama|drama]], [[radio comedy|comedy]], [[children's programming]], and [[discussion]]. The station was available in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] via [[digital radio]] ([[Digital audio broadcasting|DAB]]) and [[digital television]] ([[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] [[DVB-T]] and [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]] [[DVB-S]]) and was [[streaming media|streamed]] on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide. |
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Revision as of 01:12, 14 April 2009
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
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| Frequency | DAB: 11D (Digital One) Freeview: 717 Sky Digital: 0127 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Speech |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | UBC Media |
| Links | |
| Website | www.oneword.co.uk |
This article deals with the (now defunct) UK Radio Station, Oneword. For the writing excercise: oneword.com.
Oneword Radio was a British commercial digital radio station featuring books, drama, comedy, children's programming, and discussion. The station was available in the UK via digital radio (DAB) and digital television (Freeview DVB-T and Sky Digital DVB-S) and was streamed on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide.
Ownership was shared between UBC Media Group and the UK's Channel 4 between early 2005 and December 2007.[2] In October 2005 Channel 4 increased its stake to a majority by buying 51% of Oneword for £1 million. Oneword carried the Channel 4 Radio daily news broadcast at 7.30 on weekday mornings, The Morning Report, which is produced by the Channel 4 news team.
Virgin Media removed OneWord from their ex-NTL channel lineup on 4 October 2007. Oneword was not on ex-Telewest at the time.
In December 2007 Channel 4 decided to withdraw its funding, selling its share back to UBC Media Group for £1.[3][4] All programming was replaced by repeats of previous output. On January 1 2008 the remaining staff were dismissed.[5] Oneword ceased broadcasting on DAB on Friday January 11 2008.[1]
Since broadcasting ended, bird song has been broadcast on the channel.[6] It has been claimed that the audience for the station has been higher while the birdsong has been playing than when the station was broadcasting normally.[7]
References
- ^ a b Two digital radio stations to close, The Guardian, January 10 2008
- ^ Channel 4 plans digital radio station, The Guardian, August 27 2004
- ^ Investors turned off by returns on digital radio, The Times, December 9 2007
- ^ Change or die, says Oneword owner, The Guardian, 4 January 2008
- ^ Forum posting from former Programme Manager confirming dismissal of staff and imminent closure, 1 January 2008
- ^ "Birdsong is Back". Digital One. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- ^ "Cheep and cheerful - the new radio hit". The Guardian. 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-09-16.