Original: It is the principal broadcasting outlet for the BBC's archive of spoken-word entertainment, and was established primarily to enable the contents of the BBC Sound Archive to be broadcast.
Simplified: On 2 March 2010 the BBCs Management gave notice of their intention to abolish the station, which repeats all programs in the BBC Sound Archive, and replace it with one which repeats only current Radio 4 shows, to be known as Radio 4 Extra.