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BBC Radio 3 - Live Music and the Arts Radio 3 broadcasts on 90-92 FM, DAB digital radio, digital TV and online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Freeview 703 Freesat 703 Sky 0103 Virgin Media 903 Radio 3 is a national BBC radio station in the UK, mainly focussed on classical music but also featuring jazz, contemporary and world music, poetry, drama and the arts in general. It was launched in 1946 as The Third Programme (complementing the existing
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