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{{Infobox radio station
| name = BBC Radio 5 Live
| logo = [[File:BBC Radio 5 Live 2022.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2022
| city = [[Salford]]
| area = United Kingdom
| branding = 
| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|3|28|df=y}}
| frequencies = [[Medium wave|MW]]: 693&nbsp;kHz, 909&nbsp;kHz, 990&nbsp;kHz and on [[BBC Local Radio]] stations' frequencies overnight.<br />[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12B<br />[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]: 705<br />[[Freesat]]: 705 <br />[[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]] <small>(UK only)</small>: 0105<br />[[Virgin Media]]: 905<br />[[Virgin Media Ireland]]: 911<br />[[Astra 2E|Astra 2E (28.2°E)]] satellite<br />[[Telstar 12 Vantage (15.0°W)]] satellite
| former_callsigns = [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]]
| format = [[News/talk]]/[[sports radio|sport]]
| language = English
| operator = [[BBC North]]
| sister_stations = [[BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra]]
| owner = [[BBC]]
| licensing_authority = [[Ofcom]]
| website = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_five_live BBC Radio 5 Live] via [[BBC Sounds]]
}}
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'''BBC Radio 5 Live''' is a British national radio station owned and operated by the [[BBC]]. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, [[Talk show|discussion]], interviews and [[phone-in]]s, and is on air 24 hours a day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Trust Significance Test – BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra proposals |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/tv-radio-and-on-demand/bbc/bbc-tests/bbc_trust_significance_test.pdf?v=333878 |website=www.ofcom.org.uk}}</ref> It is the principal BBC radio station [[Broadcasting of sports events|covering sport]] in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors. The station broadcasts from [[MediaCityUK]] in [[Salford]], England,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Plunkett |first=John |date=2010-03-19 |title=Radio 5 Live move to Salford delayed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/19/bbc-radio-five-live-salford |access-date=2025-05-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and is a department of the [[BBC North]] division.

Radio 5 Live was launched in March 1994 as a repositioning of the original [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|Radio 5]], which was launched in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/features/launches2.php |title=Radio launches 2 |access-date=30 May 2010 |work=Radiomusications |publisher=Transdiffusion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825175208/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/features/launches2.php |archive-date=25 August 2010}}</ref> It is transmitted via analogue radio in [[AM broadcasting|AM]] on [[medium wave]] 693 and 909&nbsp;kHz and [[digital radio in the United Kingdom|digitally]] via [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|digital radio]], [[digital television|television]] and on the [[BBC Sounds]] service. Overnight programming of 5 Live are also simulcast on [[BBC Local Radio]] stations throughout the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Trust Changes to Local Radio Assessment of significance May 2012 |url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/dqf/final/significance_tests/local_radio.pdf |website=downloads.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Due to rights restrictions, coverage of some events on Radio 5 Live, particularly live sport, is not available online or is restricted to UK addresses.

According to [[RAJAR]], the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 5.5 million with a listening share of 3.1% as of July 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |title=RAJAR }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:BBC Radio 5 Live logo 1994 animated.gif|left|thumb|First logo used from launch until 1997, from the 5 Live website]]
{{further|Timeline of BBC Radio 5 Live}}
The success of [[Radio 4 News FM]] during the first [[Gulf War]] (1991) led the BBC to propose the launch of a [[rolling news|rolling-news]] service. Initially the plan was to broadcast a rolling news service on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s long wave frequency; but this met with considerable opposition, both internally and externally,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Jenny Abramsky Oxford lecture two |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/abramsky_oxford2.shtml |date=3 April 2007 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> so the BBC decided to close [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]] and replace the old service's educational and children's programmes with a new news service, while retaining the sports programmes. BBC Radio 5 Live began its 24-hour service at 5{{nbsp}}am on Monday 28 March 1994. The first voice on air, [[Jane Garvey (broadcaster)|Jane Garvey]], later went on to co-present the breakfast and [[drive time|drive-time]] shows with [[Peter Allen (UK broadcaster)|Peter Allen]]. ''[[The Times]]'' described the launch as "slipp[ing] smoothly and confidently into a routine of informative banter"<ref>{{cite news |last=Frean |first=Alexandra |title=Radio's new voice greets the dawn |work=The Times |location=London |date=29 March 1994}}</ref> and ''[[The Scotsman]]'' as "professionalism at its slickest".<ref>{{cite news |last=McAlpine |first=Joan |title=Alive and kicking |work=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh |date=29 March 1994}}</ref>

The news of the first day was dominated by the fatal stabbing at [[Hall Garth School]] near [[Middlesbrough]], the first of many major incidents which the network covered live as they unfolded.

The tone of the channel, engaging and more relaxed than contemporary BBC output, was the key to the channel's success and set the model for other [[BBC News]] services later in the decade. The first audiences were some 4 million, with a record audience of 6.25 million. Among the key editorial staff involved in the design of programme formats and recruitment of staff for the new station were Sara Nathan, later editor of [[Channel 4 News]], and [[Tim Luckhurst]], later editor of ''[[The Scotsman]]'' newspaper and professor of journalism at the [[University of Kent]].<ref>[http://www.kent.ac.uk/journalism/staff.html "Our Staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310192146/http://www.kent.ac.uk/journalism/staff.html |date=10 March 2009 }}. University of Kent.</ref>

[[File:BBC Radio Five Live 2000-2007.svg|100px|left|thumb|2000–2007 Five live logo]]
In 2000, the station was rebranded with a new logo which would remain with the station for another seven years. In addition, on 2 February 2002 a companion station, [[BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra]], was launched as a digital-only service to complement the range of sport and to avoid clashes; previously [[BBC Local Radio]] stations and the long-wave frequency of [[BBC Radio 4]] were used.<ref>[http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/bbc/the_many_lives.php The Many Lives of BBC Radio Sport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613201401/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/bbc/the_many_lives.php |date=13 June 2010 }} Transdiffusion</ref> Throughout this period, 5 Live gained several awards including five [[Sony Radio Academy Awards|Sony Awards]] in 2005; the single gold award was for its coverage of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Asian tsunami]] in the News Story Award category alongside another four silver awards and six nominations. The station also began to further its boundaries with the publication of the ''Radio 5 Live Sporting Yearbook''.<ref>[http://librarycatalogue.barnsley.gov.uk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1S24S41L98378.431&profile=aa&uri=full%3D1100001~!466218~!0&booklistformat= Radio 5 Live sporting yearbook 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721194029/http://librarycatalogue.barnsley.gov.uk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1S24S41L98378.431&profile=aa&uri=full=1100001~!466218~!0&booklistformat= |date=21 July 2011 }} Barnsley Libraries, {{ISBN|0-00-721598-3}}</ref> In August 2007, BBC Radio 5 Live was given a new logo in line with the rest of the BBC Radio network,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2007/aug/08/newlogosforbbcradiocoolo |title=New logos for BBC Radio – cool or balls? |work=The Guardian |location= London |date=8 August 2007}}</ref> and a new background design featuring diagonal parallel lines.

[[File:BBC Radio 5 Live.svg|right|thumb|The BBC Radio 5 Live logo used from 2007 until 2022.]]
In 2008, the BBC announced that the station would move to [[MediaCityUK]] in [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]].<ref name="BBC Press Office MC:UK 08">
{{cite press release |title=BBC appoints Head of External Affairs to world-class media project
|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/07_july/21/salford.shtml
|access-date=6 February 2012 |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2008}}
</ref>

In 2017/18, it was noted the station not only remained as having the fourth highest cost-per-user of all the BBC radio output, but whose costs also increased – rising from 2.3p per hour the previous year to 2.5p per hour, therefore equal to [[BBC Radio 1Xtra|1Xtra]]. The audience Appreciation Index figure did not increase, remaining at 79.9; and the average length of time spent on the channel fell from 06:41 to 06:34 – the fourth lowest fall of all of the BBC's radio stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/bbc_annualreport_201718.pdf|title=BBC Annual Report 2017/18}}</ref>

==Broadcast==
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasts in [[AM broadcasting|AM]] on the [[medium wave]] frequencies 693 and 909&nbsp;kHz nationally, with the frequency 990&nbsp;kHz used in [[Cardigan Bay]] in west Wales; these frequencies had been utilised by the old BBC Radio 5, which in turn had taken over the frequencies from [[BBC Radio 2]]. Uniquely to the [[BBC Radio]] network, it is the only station that is neither purely digital (such as [[BBC Radio 1Xtra|1Xtra]], [[BBC Radio 4 Extra|Radio 4 Extra]] and [[BBC Radio 6 Music|6 Music]]) nor broadcast in analogue on [[FM broadcasting|FM]]. It is however broadcast in stereo on FM and DAB on BBC Local Radio frequencies overnight, usually from 1am until BBC Local Radio commences morning broadcasts, usually from 6am. BBC Radio 5 Live is also broadcast on [[BBC Radio Wales]] from 1{{nbsp}}am until 6{{nbsp}}am, on [[BBC Radio Scotland]] from midnight until 6{{nbsp}}am and on [[BBC Radio Ulster]] from midnight until 6:30{{nbsp}}am. In addition to the AM output, the station also broadcasts digitally in mono on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB Digital Radio]], and on television through [[Direct-broadcast satellite|satellite]] services such as [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]], [[Cable television#United Kingdom|cable]] services such as [[Virgin Media]], [[Digital terrestrial television#United Kingdom|DTT]] services such as [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]], [[Freesat]] and through [[IPTV]]. The station also broadcasts programmes live through [[BBC Sounds]], which allows replaying programmes up to a month after the original broadcast. The service is also available on the [[RadioCentre|Radioplayer]] internet site partially run by the BBC.

For many years, the station operated from four floors within the News Centre at [[BBC Television Centre]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Nigel|title=A peek inside 5 live's new HQ|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2010/12/a-peek-inside-5-lives-new-hq.shtml|work=BBC Radio 5 Live Blog|publisher=BBC|access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref> because of the close connections between the station and [[BBC News]], and the co-location of [[BBC Sport]]. However, as part of the corporation's plan to sell off Television Centre, the decision was made in 2008 to move BBC Radio 5 Live to the new broadcast hub at [[MediaCityUK]].<ref name="BBC Press Office MC:UK 08"/> The move itself began in September 2011 and took two months.<ref name="BBC5Live blog 2011">{{cite web|last=Van-Klaveren|first=Adrian|title=The Salford move and the latest RAJARs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2011/10/the-salford-move-and-the-lates.shtml|work=BBC Radio 5 Live Blog|publisher=BBC|access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref> The new studios occupy a single floor in Quay House, with two studios large enough for several guests and a separate studio for large groups. The station continues to have a studio presence in London, with Studio 51A at BBC Broadcasting House in London used for programmes and interviews made in London for the station such as "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review".<ref>
{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Will
|title=Tony Livesey's guide to the 5 live studios
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2011/11/tony-liveseys-guide-to-the-5-l.shtml
|work=BBC Radio 5 Live Blog|publisher=BBC|access-date=6 February 2012}}
</ref>

== List of programmes broadcast on 5 Live ==
* ''[[Dotun Adebayo]]'' (Monday – Friday)
* ''[[Wake Up to Money]]'' with [[Sean Farrington]], [[Mickey Clark]]e and [[Louise Cooper (financial analyst)|Louise Cooper]]
* ''5 Live Breakfast'' with [[Rick Edwards]] and [[Rachel Burden]]
* ''[[Nicky Campbell]]'' (Monday – Friday)
* ''[[Naga Munchetty]]'' (Monday – Wednesday) & ''[[Adrian Chiles]]'' (Thursday – Friday)
* ''[[Matt Chorley]]'' (Monday – Friday)
* ''[[Elis James and John Robins]]'' (Friday)
* ''[[Colin Murray]]'' (Friday; Sunday)
* ''5 Live Drive'' with [[Chris Warburton]] and [[Clare McDonnell]]
* ''[[5 Live Sport]]'' with [[Mark Chapman (broadcaster)|Mark Chapman]] (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday), [[Kelly Cates]] (Tuesday), Steve Crossman (Thursday and Sunday) and [[Darren Fletcher (broadcaster)|Darren Fletcher]] (Friday)
* ''[[Tony Livesey]]'' (Monday – Thursday) & ''[[Stephen Nolan]]'' (Friday – Sunday)
* ''5 Live Boxing'' with [[Mike Costello]] and [[Steve Bunce]] (Saturday)
* ''Saturday Breakfast'' with [[Jeanette Kwakye]] and [[Eleanor Oldroyd]]
* ''[[Patrick Kielty]]'' (Saturday)
* ''[[Tailenders (podcast)|Tailenders]]'' with [[Greg James]], [[James Anderson (cricketer)|Jimmy Anderson]] and [[Felix White]] (Saturday)
* ''[[Fighting Talk]]'' with [[Rick Edwards]] (Saturday)
* ''[[Sports Report]]'' with [[Mark Chapman (broadcaster)|Mark Chapman]] (Saturday)
* ''[[606 (radio show)|606]]'' with [[Robbie Savage]] and [[Chris Sutton]] (Saturday – Sunday)
* ''Sunday Breakfast'' with [[Jeanette Kwakye]] and [[Gordon Smart]]
* ''5 Live Science'' with [[Chris Smith (doctor)|Chris Smith]] and the [[Naked Scientists|Naked Scientists team]] (Sunday)
* ''Headliners with [[Nihal Arthanayake]]'' (Sunday)

==Programming==
===News===
[[File:BBC Radio 5 Live @ Quay House, MediaCityUK.jpg|right|thumb|BBC Radio 5 Live at [[MediaCityUK]]]]
BBC Radio 5 Live's remit includes broadcasting rolling news and transmitting news as it breaks. It offers news bulletins every half an hour, apart from during live sports commentaries. The BBC's policy for major breaking news events revolves around a priority list. With UK news, the correspondent first records a "generic minute" summary (for use by all stations and channels); the subsequent priority is to report on Radio 5 Live, then the [[BBC News Channel]], and then any other programmes that are on air. For foreign news, first a "generic minute" is recorded, then reports are to [[BBC World Service]] radio, then the reporter talks to any other programmes that are on air.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality_business/f2_news_submission.txt|title=Editorial Processes – How BBC News Works|access-date=19 June 2007|date=22 January 2007}}</ref>{{update after|2013|11|5}}<!--possibly dated info, not certain--> Since April 2025, 5 Live has been simulcasting overnight news bulletins from the World Service via Radio 4.

Due to [[COVID-19]], the hourly news bulletins were shared with [[BBC Radio 2]] from April 2020. Three minute bulletins are broadcast on the hour, with extended five minute bulletins at 06:00, 07:00, 08:00, 13:00 and 17:00 on weekdays, at 07:00 and 08:00 on Saturdays and at 06:00, 07:00, 08:00 and 09:00 on Sundays.

Half-hour news headlines are mostly read by presenters and sports journalists, although newsreaders are used during weekday daytime programming between 10:30 and 15:30 and during [[5 Live Sport]] evening and weekend programming.

===Sport===
[[File:Pure One 305.JPG|thumb|BBC Radio 5 Live Sport playing]]
BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasts an extremely wide range of sports and covers all the major sporting events, mostly under its flagship sports banner ''[[5 Live Sport]]''. In the event that the broadcast rights to a particular event are also on BBC Television and a technical fault were to ensue, the commentary of 5 Live is simulcast on the affected BBC channel until the problem is rectified. One such occurrence was during Euro 2008 where thunderstorms caused satellite disruptions, but BBC One simulcast the 5 Live commentary.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgDlZPhpZiY |title=Euro 2008 - Germany vs. Turkey technical difficulties - 06-25-2008 |date=2022-12-05 |last=Colorbar |access-date=2025-05-25 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

While football commentaries form the majority of live commentaries during the football season, the range of events covered by the station include:

*Live [[Premier League]] (simulcasted with [[BBC World Service]] for international coverage{{efn|3:00 PM Saturday and 4:30 PM Sunday kickoffs only}})
** 15:00 [[Saturday]] matches
** 17:30 Saturday night matches{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** 14:00 and 16:30 [[Sunday]] matches (2:00 PM kickoffs are unavailable for international coverage)
** Select 16:00 [[Sunday]] matches on the week 38 only 
** Select midweek matches{{efn|name=international exclusivity|Unavailable for international coverage.}}
*Live [[FA Community Shield]] (simulcasted with BBC World Service for international coverage)
*Live [[FA Cup]]{{efn|name=facup|Matches involving Premier League sides are available for international coverage on [[BBC World Service]]}}
** Select third to fifth round ties
** Select quarter-final ties
** [[FA Cup semi-finals]]
** [[FA Cup final]]
*Live [[EFL Cup]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Select second to fourth round ties{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Select quarter-final ties{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** EFL Cup semi-finals{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** [[List of EFL Cup finals|EFL Cup final]]
*Live [[Scottish Premiership]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** [[The Old Firm]] 
*[[FIFA World Cup]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[UEFA European Championship]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Home Nations]] international [[football (soccer)|football]] matches{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Friendly matches{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** [[UEFA European Championship qualifying|UEFA European Qualifiers]]
** [[UEFA Nations League]]
** [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] 
** [[UEFA Women's Euro]]
*[[UEFA Champions League]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Select group stage matches
** Select knockout stage matches
** [[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals|UEFA Champions League final]]
*[[UEFA Europa League]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Select group stage matches
** Select knockout stage matches
** [[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League finals|UEFA Europa League final]] (if British side is involved)
*[[UEFA Europa Conference League]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
** Select group stage matches
** Select knockout stage matches
** [[List of UEFA Europa Conference League finals|UEFA Europa Conference League final]] (if British side is involved)
*[[FIFA Club World Cup]] (if British side is involved){{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Olympic Games]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Commonwealth Games]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Men's major golf championships|Men's Golf Majors]], including full coverage of [[The Open Championship]] and [[The Masters]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Ryder Cup]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[England national rugby union team|England]] [[Rugby union#Major international competitions|rugby union test matches]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*The Autumn Internationals and [[Six Nations Championship]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}} ([[England national rugby union team|English]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scottish]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Welsh]] sides only, simulcast with [[BBC Radio Scotland]] and [[BBC Radio nan Gàidheal|Radio nan Gàidheal]] and [[BBC Radio Wales]] and [[Radio Cymru]])
* [[World Series]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Super Bowl]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Rugby World Cup]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Formula One]] {{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*Full coverage of [[The Grand National]] and [[Cheltenham Festival|The Cheltenham Festival]]
*Commentary of the [[Epsom Derby]] and [[Royal Ascot]] {{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Boxing]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Athletics Championships]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*Full coverage of the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Tennis Championships]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[London Marathon]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[The Boat Race]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*The [[Tour de France]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}

==Controllers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Years served!! Controller
|-
| 1997–1999 || [[Roger Mosey]]
|-
| 2000–2007 || [[Bob Shennan]]
|-
| 2008–2012|| [[Adrian Van Klaveren]]
|-
| 2013 – September 2019 || Jonathan Wall
|-
| 2019–present || Heidi Dawson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/heidi-dawson|title = Heidi Dawson appointed as BBC Radio 5 live Controller}}</ref>
|}

==5 Sports Extra==
{{Main|BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra}}
As 5 Live cannot accommodate all of the sports which they have rights to broadcast, some are covered on sister station [[BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra|Sports Extra]], including:

*''[[Test Match Special]]'' commentary of all home [[English cricket team|England]] [[Test cricket|cricket tests]], [[One Day International]]s and [[Twenty20|T20 Internationals]] {{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Cricket World Cup]], [[ICC Champions Trophy]], and [[Twenty20 World Cup]]
*Selected [[County Championship]], [[Royal London One-Day Cup]] and [[Twenty20 Cup|Vitality Blast]] games from [[BBC Local Radio]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*Selected [[Super League]] and [[Challenge Cup]] Rugby League games {{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*All [[Grand Slam (tennis)|'Grand Slam']] Tennis tournaments{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*Selected [[Premiership Rugby]] and [[European Rugby Champions Cup]] games from [[BBC Local Radio]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[Formula One]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*[[IIHF World Championships]]{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}
*Action from any other competition broadcast on 5 Live{{efn|name=international exclusivity}}

Sports Extra typically emphasises full broadcasts of Premier League and Home Nations football, if games overlap each other. 5 Live carries the first-choice match in such cases.

Also, should 5 Live be needed to broadcast news coverage when scheduled sports programmes were to be aired, the sports coverage is shifted to 5 Sports Extra.

The station had originally launched in 2002 as Radio 5 Live Sports Extra but had its name changed in 2022 as part of a rebranding of the BBC.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 March 2022 |title=BBC Annual Plan 2022/23 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/bbc-annual-plan-2022-2023.pdf |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=BBC}}</ref>

==Awards==
In January 2013, BBC Radio 5 Live was nominated for the Responsible Media of the Year award at the [[British Muslim Awards]].<ref name="asianimage">{{cite news |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/10197507.Winners_honoured_at_British_Muslim_Awards/|title=Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards|publisher=Asian Image|date=31 January 2013|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==See also==
{{Portal|BBC|Radio}}
*[[List of BBC radio stations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|BBC Radio 5 Live}}
*{{Bbc.co.uk|5live}}

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