BBC Two to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, now tend to appear on BBC Four instead. British television at the time of BBC2's launch consisted of two channels: the BBC Television Service and the ITV network made up of smaller regional companies. Both channels had existed in a state
Top 20 on 20 XM programming and replaced it with another music service called Sonic Tap by DMX. It was announced on January 4, 2012, the Reggie Yates Chart Show will be broadcast starting January 15, 2012 and every Sunday there after from BBC Radio 1 starting at 4pm Eastern. Many subscribers think this is a great step to bring back BBC Radio 1 full-time to the satellites, when it was dropped on August 20, 2011 in favor of Studio 54 Radio. On May 4, 2011 Top 20 on 20 became its own channel once again, playing a mix of both top 40 and