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
Webcast	BBC Sounds
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra

BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and 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 1.4 million with a listening share of 1% as of December 2023.^[3]