''Euroclassic Notturno'' is a six-hour radio sequence of classical music recordings assembled by
BBC Radio
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from material supplied by members of the
European Broadcasting Union
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(EBU) and distributed, via the EBU's
Euroradio
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satellite network, to a number of these broadcasters for use in their overnight classical music schedules. The recordings used are not taken from commercially available CDs but come instead from earlier (usually live) radio broadcasts.
Though supplied by the BBC on a commercial basis, the service nevertheless claims to provide broadcasters with a less expensive alternative to local origination of overnight classical-music programming.
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Format
The sequence is put together by a small BBC team in London and Salford, and gaps are provided in the schedule to allow for local origination of explanatory material in each broadcaster's national language (written programme notes in English are supplied by the BBC some weeks in advance), top-of-the-hour news summaries, etc. In the United Kingdom
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, however, the sequence is broadcast on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also featuring. The sta ...
without news.
Broadcast
The service is streamed from Broadcasting House
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in London between 0.00 and 6.00 Central European Time
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The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.
It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries.
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seven days a week, though actual transmission times may be shifted locally – the BBC itself, for instance, broadcasts its own version (which goes out under the title ''Through the Night'') between 0.30 and 6.30 on Mondays to Fridays, and from 1.00 till 7.00 on Saturdays and Sundays. BBC Radio 3's ''Through the Night'' was first broadcast on 5 May 1996 when 24-hour broadcasting was introduced on the station. The first presenter was Donald Macleod.
As transmission is unattended the playout servers are duplicated to provide resilience, although the service has, in fact, run reliably since 1998.[
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Broadcasters
EBU member broadcasting organisations currently taking the service include (all indicated times are local):
EBU members that previously carried the service include:
* – ČRo Vltava ( ČRo)
* – DR P2
DR P2 – in Denmark normally referred to as simply P2 – is a Danish radio station operated by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. It specializes in classical music, both recorded and in live performance, as well as reporting on and providing d ...
* – Rás 1
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(RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) (pronounced or ) ( en, 'The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service') is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.
Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional ce ...
)
* – RTÉ lyric fm (1998 – early 2000s)
* − Rai Radio ClassicaNPO Radio 4
NPO Klassiek is a public-service radio channel in the Netherlands, broadcasting chiefly classical music. It is part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, NPO.
History
The channel began broadcasting on 28 December 1975 under the name ...
* – NRK P2
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References
External links
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1996 radio programme debuts
1998 radio programme debuts
BBC Radio 3 programmes
British classical music radio programmes
Classical music radio programs
Eurovision events
Hungarian radio programs
Italian radio programs
Polish radio programs
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