 The station was on air daily from 6am until just after midnight although initially, apart from sports coverage, original programming was restricted to key times of the day - breakfast, mid-mornings and on weekdays, drive and programmes for young people during the evening.The rest of the day was filled with simulcasts of other BBC stations and airings of programmes from the BBC World Service were also heard.This filler output was broadcast for several hours each day, including weekday afternoons and weekend evenings.