Claim: Newsjack was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 (a British digital radio station) and had an "Open door" policy on writing and was designed to give new writers an opportunity
Evidence: It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 4 June 2009. The series is notable for having an "Open door" policy on writing, advertising itself as "the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public" meaning that unsolicited writers without contract to the BBC can send in material. The show is designed to give new writers an opportunity to get material broadcast. BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. The station was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as Radio 4 Extra in April 2011.