Editing Talk radio (section)

==United Kingdom==
Talk radio in the [[United Kingdom]] is popular, though not as much as music radio. Nationwide talk stations include [[BBC Radio 4]], [[BBC Radio 5 Live]], [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]], [[Talkradio]], [[Talksport]] and [[Times Radio]]. Regional stations include [[BBC Radio Scotland]] and [[BBC Radio Wales]]. Many [[BBC Local Radio]] stations and some commercial stations offer a talk format, for example, [[BBC Radio London]], the BBC's flagship local station. Other notable commercial talk stations include London's [[LBC]] which pioneered the newstalk format in [[Europe]]. LBC currently operates two services – [[LBC]], a newstalk station on FM (London) and via several digital platforms nationally including [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] and [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]; and [[LBC News]], a rolling news station on AM in London and DAB+ nationally. There are many specialised talk services such as [[Bloomberg Television|Bloomberg]], a financial news station, and Asian Radio Live.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asianradiolive.com/home.html |title=Asian Radio Live – Home of Desi Beats |access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref>

Talk radio expanded dramatically when the BBC's monopoly on radio broadcasting was ended in the 1970s with the launch of [[Independent Local Radio]].

Some notable British talk radio presenters include [[Jenni Murray]], [[John Humphrys]], [[Martha Kearney]], [[Jonathan Dimbleby]], [[Libby Purves]], [[Laurie Taylor (sociologist)|Laurie Taylor]], [[Pam Ayres]], [[Melvyn Bragg]], [[Tommy Boyd]], [[James Whale (radio)|James Whale]], [[Steve Allen (radio presenter)|Steve Allen]], [[Nick Abbot]], [[Iain Lee]], [[James Stannage]], [[George Galloway]], [[Julia Hartley-Brewer]], [[Ian Collins (radio presenter)|Ian Collins]], John Nicoll, [[Brian Hayes (broadcaster)|Brian Hayes]], [[Scottie McClue]], [[James O'Brien (radio presenter)|James O'Brien]], [[Nicky Campbell]], and [[Simon Mayo]]. [[Pete Price]] on [[CityTalk]] is also known as the DJ who rushed to the aid of a regular caller who died live on air during a call.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4587550.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Radio talkshow caller dies on air |date=2006-01-06 |access-date=2010-04-09}}</ref> Previously, he had kept a teenager talking for 45 minutes before meeting him to convince him not to commit suicide.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3465181.stm |title=Radio DJ 'saves boy's life' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2004-02-06 |access-date=2008-11-24}}</ref>