BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12:00 on Thursday 5 March 2015.[1] The station covered the Country2Country Festival and was on air for the festival's duration.
On its debut, the station broadcast for twelve hours each day until Sunday 8 March 2015. It was relaunched for the 2016 festival, held between 10 March 2016 and 13 March 2016, and again from 9 March 2017 to 12 March 2017.
The station did not return after the 2017 festival and has not returned since.
A number of famous country singers have presented one-off shows for Radio 2 Country or have given hour-long interviews to be broadcast on the station:
Live from Country to Country - presented by Bob Harris, Jo Whiley, Patrick Kielty, Alex Lester, Paul Sexton, Baylen Leonard and Bobbie Pryor (2015–present)
