BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Logo used since 2022
London
Broadcast area	United Kingdom and Internationally via Satellite and BBC Sounds
Frequency	DAB: 12B BBC National DAB Freesat: 708 Freeview: 708 Sky (UK only): 0126 Virgin Media: 910 Virgin Media Ireland: 929
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Comedy Drama Entertainment
Ownership
Owner	BBC
Sister stations	BBC Radio 4
History
First air date	15 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-15) (as BBC 7) 2 April 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-02) (as BBC Radio 4 Extra)
Former names	BBC 7 (2002–2008) BBC Radio 7 (2008–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	Ofcom
Links
Website	BBC Radio 4 Extra via BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The sister station of BBC Radio 4, it mostly broadcasts archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes. It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain programmes.

The station launched in December 2002 as BBC 7, broadcasting a mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. The station was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as BBC Radio 4 Extra in April 2011. For the first quarter of 2013, Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1.642 million people and had a market share of 0.95%; in the last quarter of 2016 the numbers were 2.184 million listeners and 1.2% of market share.^[1][2]

According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.5 million with a listening share of 1.3% as of March 2024.^[3]