When you switch on your radio, it’s usually pretty easy to figure out whether you’re listening to the BBC or one of the many Commercial stations available in the UK.  Well, a new force is rising that wants to add a third level of choice for the listener.  British Public Radio, or BPR, has a vision of a third sector that can challenge the BBC and it’s Public Service diversity whilst also offering a commercial return for investors.

Here at 4amcab, we’re all for this new platform and have recently joined the BPR family.  You can now hear our first episode on BPR.  Of course, you can continue to download our shows on iTunes and directly from this website, but you can enjoy us as part of a stream of other similar programmes on the BPR website.  This means you’ll be able to discover a wide variety of interesting and entertaining programmes that will compliment our show.

BPR offer a diverse range of speech programming from drama and comedy to documentaries and current affairs.  Some of the names you can hear on BPR include Bill Bailey, Olly and Helen from Answer Me This! Miranda Hart, Ben Fogle, Greg Wallace and Quentin Wilson.

So how can you listen?  Well, go to their website and click on the listen link:  www.britishpublicradio.com  If you have a smart phone, you can get BPR on the Tune-in app, simply search for British Public Radio and off you go.  Those that are more ahead of the curve may have purchased an Internet Radio and you can listen to BPR on there too.

It’s very much early days for British Public Radio but we hope there might be a bright future for the project and we’re very pleased to be associated with them.