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| | BBC Radio 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Radio 2 gradually settled down as a middle of the road station playing a mixture of laid-back pop/rock, folk and country, jazz and big-band music, easy listening, light classics, and 'oldies', with significant amounts of comedy and sport; this policy continued until the late 1980s with new controller Frances Line repositioning the station. |
 | | Although popular with its target audience, this policy alienated younger listeners who had previously time-shared between Radio 1 and Radio 2; the station's audience fell drastically, taking another hit when sport coverage was moved to Radio 5; the rise of album-rock commercial stations (particularly Virgin Radio), also impacted Radio 2's audience, taking younger listeners away. |
 | | BBC Radio 2's last closedown was at 02:02 GMT on 27 January 1979. |
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