Amid all the twittering and squawking on the wireless, it is an oasis of calm. So fans of the Birdsong Radio station are overjoyed that it will be staying on air. The digital station, which plays a ...

Season featuring musicians making music alongside nightingales heralded as part of ‘slow radio’ phenomenon BBC Radio 3 will hope to show that broadcasting is for the birds with a new series of ...

A new national radio station, Amazing Radio, launched on digital audio broadcasting (DAB) today playing entirely new music by unsigned singers and bands – but replacing the "birdsong" service. The ...

A digital radio station which became unexpectedly popular with listeners by playing just birdsong has gone off air. It has been replaced by an interactive radio station which will play a mix of indie, ...

The soothing tones of Birdsong Radio attracted an estimated 500,000 listeners, including the author Sir Terry Pratchett, during the 18 months it was on air. It played a 20 minute-long recording of ...

Half a million listeners so far have tuned in to the Birdsong station, with an increasing number choosing to wake up to the soothing sound every morning. Listen: The most popular bird songs The ...

A bizarre radio station that only broadcasts birdsong from an English country garden every day from 6am to midnight has become a hit with half a million listeners. The digital station has become so ...

An eccentric radio station playing nothing but ambient birdsong from a English garden has been taken off air, enraging an army of devotees, it emerged yesterday. Birdsong Radio, which played a ...