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BBC Hip Hop 50 is a celebration of 50 years of hip hop on BBC Radio, Sounds and iPlayer across the month of August.

Angry news reporter Jonathan Pie is to host a new podcast series on BBC Sounds, commissioned by BBC Radio 4.

There were a record 57.7 million plays of all content on BBC Sounds over Christmas – a record for the platform.

The podcast of Martin Lewis’s weekly guest slot on 5 Live is being transformed from a radio show podcast to an actual podcast.

New local section to help listeners find more content from around them on BBC Sounds.

Vernon Kay is back with some 90s dance floor music and memories on BBC Sounds.

BBC audio content from its coverage of Glastonbury played 2.3m times on BBC Sounds – the highest figure for the platform.

Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard are to host a new football podcast launching this summer on BBC Sounds.

PS5 users can down listen to live radio, music and podcasts on their game consoles with a new BBC Sounds app.

New data for the start of 2022 shows record numbers of people using BBC Sounds, as well as a record 405m million plays of radio, music and podcasts.

Twelve new “Back to Back Sounds” are launching on BBC Sounds including Radio 1 Happy and Radio 2 90s

The BBC is making a small number of its on-demand radio programmes available exclusively inside the Sounds app for 28 days.

BBC Sounds has recorded its most popular quarter yet with a total of 364 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes.

Sonos is now providing access to BBC Sounds via its app to provide music mixes, radio and podcasts from the BBC.

Ofcom has found that there are not currently reasonable grounds to proceed with a full BBC competition review.

BBC Sport is to provide another summer of cricket coverage across radio, television and BBC Sounds this year, including a new podcast offering.

BBC Sounds is not having any significant adverse impact on fair and effective competition, Ofcom says.

Former cast member, Craig Parkinson who played DI Matthew Cottan, will host Obsessed with… Line of Duty on BBC Sounds.

The Archers, US Election and music mixes help BBC Sounds get a record 316 million plays in the last quarter of 2020.

The Community Media Association is calling on the BBC to consider opening BBC Sounds to community radio and independent producers.

Ofcom is calling for evidence and information in relation to the market position and impact of BBC Sounds.

BBC Radio 1 will be offering a virtual club celebration of Ibiza via BBC Sounds this year instead of flying out to the White Isle.

Figures released by the BBC show a record 275 million ‘plays’ of audio via BBC Sounds during the first three months of this year, with That Peter Crouch Podcast the …

The new BBC Sounds TV app is being rolled out on YouView and Virgin devices from today, with other TV platforms coming in the future.

Fearne Cotton, 1Xtra’s Dotty and Sideman, plus comedians Matt Lucas and James Acaster are lined up to host new podcasts and programmes on BBC Sounds.

The BBC’s Director of Radio and Education, James Purnell, has announced what he called ‘ambitious plans’ for Radio 3 to help audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music.

The BBC will withdraw the iPlayer for Radio app this month in a bid to move users over to the newer BBC Sounds platform.

Launch director of the BBC Sounds app, Charlotte Lock, is leaving the job nine months after being appointed.

James Purnell, BBC’s Director of Radio and Education, has spoken about a new public service algorithm to improve BBC Sounds.

The BBC’s aim to bring outside services to its Sounds app has so far been met with rejection from the commercial sector.