Absolute Radio Extra
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = Absolute Radio Extra
| logo = Absolute Radio Extra Logo.png
| city = London
| area = United Kingdom:
National (AM);
National (DAB)
| branding = Absolute.
| airdate = 16 July 2010 – 2012
| frequency = 1215 kHz, AM Variants
(Digital One)
– 11D (England & Wales)
– 12A (Scotland)
Sky: 0107
| format = Part-time live football and concerts
| owner = Bauer Radio
| sister_stations = Absolute Radio
Absolute Radio Classic Rock
Absolute Radio 60s
Absolute Radio 70s
Absolute Radio 80s
Absolute Radio 90s
Absolute Radio 00s
Absolute Radio 10s
| website = {{url|https://web.archive.org/web/20110728111055/http://www.absoluteradioextra.co.uk:80/}}
| coordinates =
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Absolute Radio Extra was a part-time radio service similar to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. The station was launched to broadcast the live coverage of the Premier League Games under the Rock n Roll Football brand, also broadcast on the main Absolute station and Absolute Radio 90s. The station also used to broadcast live and pre-recorded uninterrupted sets from artists and bands under the Absolute Radio Live brand, In 2010 the station broadcast live sets from festivals such as V Festival. Also comedy sets are broadcast by Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman. When off air on DAB, 'Absolute R Extra' pointed listeners to Absolute Radio 90s.
Presenters
- Russ Williams – Saturday 1.30pm – 3pm
- Jim Proudfoot Saturday 3pm – 5pm
- Ian Wright – Saturday 5pm – 6.30pm
Frequencies
Absolute Radio Extra is available on Saturday afternoons on Absolute Radio's AM Frequencies between 1.30 and 6.30{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
In a number of areas, particularly in areas where the signal from the main 1215 transmitters overlap with each other,{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} Absolute Radio Extra operates a number of filler transmitters on different frequencies :-
- 1197 kHz – Brighton and Hove, Cambridge, South Devon, Dorset, South Essex, Gloucester, Oxford, Nottingham and Derby, Medway, Merseyside
- 1233 kHz – Berkshire, North Essex, Northampton, Sheffield, Swindon, Gatwick
- 1242 kHz – Teesside, Dundee, Peterborough and Lincoln and around the Wash (Boston transmitter), North Staffordshire and South Cheshire (Stoke)
- 1260 kHz – Guildford, East Kent
Absolute Radio 90s
The sister station Absolute Radio 90s simulcasts on Absolute Radio Extra's frequencies, when the station is off air.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Absolute Radio}}
{{Bauer}}
{{Media in the United Kingdom|radio}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2010