BBC Radio 2 Country

BBC Radio 2 Country was a pop-up DAB service from the BBC which launched at 12:00 on Thursday 5 March 2015. 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.

Special Programmes
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)
 * C2C Unplugged - presented by Bob Harris (2015–16)
 * Patrick Kielty meets Garth Brooks (2015)
 * Bob Harris meets Miranda Lambert (2015)
 * Johnnie Walker meets Dolly (2015)
 * Taking back the country - presented by Wynonna Judd (2015)
 * Country Duos - presented by Kristian Bush of Sugarland (2015)
 * Songwriters - presented by Trisha Yearwood (2015)
 * Classic Country - presented by Suzy Bogguss (2015)
 * Loretta Lynn in conversation - presented by Bob Harris (2016)
 * Gospel Hour - presented by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum (2016) and Reba McEntire (2017)
 * On the road with Little Big Town (2016)
 * Sad songs make me happy - presented by Gretchen Peters (2016)
 * Country Playlist - presented by The Shires (2017)
 * Bluegrass and beyond - presented by Alison Krauss (2017)
 * Country Pickers - presented by Marty Stuart (2017)