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BBC 1Xtra is a UK digital station broadcasting on DAB digital radio, TV and online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra.
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BBC 1Xtra plays the latest in hip hop, RnB, garage, drum & bass and dancehall as well as other styles like house and soca.
1Xtra also scrobbles tracks played to http://www.last.fm/user/bbc1xtra
Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it was codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1. The station is broadcast from a dedicated building shared with Radio 1, Yalding House in London, UK.
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