Editing Oneword

{{short description|British commercial digital radio station}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name      = Oneword
| logo      =
| area      = United Kingdom
| frequency = [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 11D ([[Digital One]])<br/>[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]: 717<br/>[[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]]: 0127
| format    = Speech
| owner     = [[UBC Media Group]]
| airdate   = {{start date and age|2000|05|02|df=y}}
| last_airdate = {{End date and age|2008|01|11|df=y}}
| website   = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024111300/http://www.oneword.co.uk/ www.oneword.co.uk]
}}

'''Oneword Radio''' was a British commercial [[digital radio in the United Kingdom|digital radio station]] featuring books, [[radio drama|drama]], [[radio comedy|comedy]], children's programming, and discussion. The station was available in the UK via [[digital radio]] ([[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]) and [[digital television]] ([[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] [[DVB-T]] and [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]] [[DVB-S]]) and was [[streaming media|streamed]] on the internet 24 hours a day worldwide. It was launched on 2 May 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oneword Radio unveils launch schedule |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/oneword-radio-unveils-launch-schedule/1194026.article |work=[[Broadcast (magazine)|Broadcast]] |date=18 April 2000 |access-date=18 December 2009}}</ref>

Ownership was shared between [[UBC Media Group]] and [[Channel 4]] between early 2005 and December 2007.<ref>[http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1292098,00.html "Channel 4 plans digital radio station"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 27 August 2004</ref> In October 2005, Channel 4 increased its stake to a majority by buying 51% of Oneword for £1 million. At 7.30 on weekday mornings, Oneword carried the [[Channel 4 Radio]] daily news broadcast ''The Morning Report'', which was produced by the Channel 4 news team.

[[Virgin Media]] removed OneWord from its ex-[[NTL:Telewest|NTL]] cable channel lineup on 4 October 2007. Oneword was not on its ex-Telewest lineup at the time.

In December 2007, Channel 4 decided to withdraw its funding, selling its share back to UBC Media Group for £1.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110612033303/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3021337.ece "Investors turned off by returns on digital radio"], ''[[The Times]]'', 9 December 2007</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jan/04/commercialradio.radio "Change or die, says Oneword owner"], ''The Guardian'', 4 January 2008</ref> All programming was replaced by repeats of previous output. On 1 January 2008 the remaining staff were dismissed.<ref>[http://www.mylifeinbooks.co.uk/forum/5#comment-45 Forum posting from former Programme Manager] confirming dismissal of staff and imminent closure, 1 January 2008</ref> Oneword ceased broadcasting on DAB on Friday 11 January 2008.<ref name=gdn2close>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jan/10/commercialradio.gcapmedia "Two digital radio stations to close"], ''The Guardian'', 10 January 2008</ref>

After broadcasting ended, [[Birdsong (radio channel)|birdsong]] was broadcast on the channel<ref>{{cite web |title=Birdsong is Back |url=http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/news/display.asp?id=290 |publisher=[[Digital One]] |date=11 January 2008 |access-date=13 February 2008}}</ref> until a permanent replacement, [[Amazing Radio]], came on air on 1 June 2009.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8076381.stm "Birdsong radio taken off air"], [[BBC News]], 1 June 2009</ref> 

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[[Category:Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Digital-only radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2000]]
[[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:Channel 4 Radio]]