A dedicated ‘slow radio’ program from BBC is coming to tingle your eardrums

Prepare to simmer down with a spot of “slow radio” on tap.

The BBC announced a new permanent radio program dedicated to “slow radio,” with 30-minute recordings that will kick your autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) into overdrive.

Helmed by Radio 3’s Alan Davey and set to launch with the station’s autumn schedule, programming will revolve around newly commissioned, ASMR-conducive clips of relatively quiet scenes with minimal but effective sounds.

You can expect such soothing sounds as the hallowed halls of Durham Cathedral at evening time, the mooing of cows en route to County Galway in the Burren cattle blessing, the ticking clocks of Upton House in Warwickshire, and the animal-peppered sounds of dusk at an unnamed zoo. Read more…

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