Absolute Radio Extra was a part-time radio service similar to

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. 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

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. 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

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. Also comedy sets are broadcast by

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and

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. 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 *

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– Saturday 5pm – 6.30pm

Frequencies

Absolute Radio Extra is available on Saturday afternoons on

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's AM Frequencies between 1.30 and 6.30 In a number of areas, particularly in areas where the signal from the main 1215 transmitters overlap with each other, 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

simulcasts on Absolute Radio Extra's frequencies, when the station is off air.

References

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