EBC Radio

EBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the Euroish Broadcasting Corporation. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres and styles, and speech stations based around news, entertainment, current affairs, lifestyle and interests.

It also oversees online audio content - including internet radio stations and podcasts.

History
Radio Euro Republics launched in 1940 as a 24-hour rolling news station during World War II. In 1945, Radio Euro Republics was refocused to offer both entertainment and music with hour long news bulletins at 7am, 12pm, 6pm and midnight. In 1965, a second RER station, Radio Two was launched to offer a selection of music as the main station, then renamed RER, began to focus more on news and entertainment. In 1973. The stations were heavily changed. RER 1 would play news and chat. RER 2 would play golden oldies from the 1940’s and 1950’s while the new RER 3 would be the new home of new pop and rock music, RER 4 also launched and offered local news and AC Pop music. In the 1990’s, RER 2 changed to focus on classical/opera music with the existing format being spread to RER 4. In 2001, plans were made for further RER stations, and on January 1, 2002, many new stations launched, these were RER 5, a 1950’s-1970’s music station, RER Six, playing rock and alternative, RER 7Mix, a station playing a variety of genres, and RER 8, aimed at Asian and young black audiences.

Stations
The EBC today runs national domestic radio stations, six of which are available in analogue formats, while other have a purely digital format – they can be received via DAB Digital Radio, digital television plus live streams and listen again on EBC Play. The current stations are:

National analogue

 * EBC Radio 1 - Speech station with news, current affairs, documentaries, history, drama, comedy, arts and culture, media, science, books and religious programming. The station is comparable to the BBC's Radio 4.
 * EBC Radio 2 - Adult-oriented station with a wide mix of golden oldies, easy listening, and a mix of classic and contemporary pop music alongside news talk, comedy and entertainment. The station is often compared to BBC Radio 2 in the UK.
 * EBC 3 - Youth-oriented station, including pop, dance, rock and alternative, ambient, and experimental music alonsgide documentaries, news, talk, live sessions and comedy. Comparable to BBC Radio 1 in the UK.
 * EBC 4 News - rolling news station, which mixes the traditional talk radio format with an all-news radio format.
 * RER Radio 5 - Mainly a classical music station - but with regular news programmes, drama and arts discussion.
 * RER Radio 6 - mostly playing experimental, modern/classic rock, indie and alternative, dance and elements of oldies - skewed towards older dance, in addition to specialist programmes for funk.
 * similar to BBC Radio 6Music, Radio X and Absolute Radio.

National digital

 * RER 3X - new black and urban music, with elements of latina and EDM music. News programmes are simulcast with EBC 3.