Newsroom (BBC programme) N2 at Television Centre. Various newsreaders presented "Newsroom" over the years, including John Timpson, Peter Woods (from the first night) and Robert Dougall. Newsroom (BBC programme) Newsroom was the BBC2 channel's main news programme during the 1960s and early 1970s. The programme began on the day BBC2 started transmission, 20 April 1964 and continued until 1973. The programme was initially broadcast late at night (after 10.30pm) but was moved to a 7.30 - 8.00pm time-slot in 1968. The schedule change was followed by a switch from monochrome to colour transmission; "Newsroom" was, in fact, the first British news programme to
BBC Radio 2 Country one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station: BBC Radio 2 Country BBC Radio 2 Country is a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12 Noon on Thursday 5 March 2015. The station covers the and is only an active during the festival. On its debut the station continued to broadcast for 12 hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It returned twice so far - on 10 March 2016, closing down on 13 March 2016 and on 9 March 2017, closing down on 12th March 2017.