Newsbeat is a fifteen-minute news programme on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and the Asian Network, transmitting live over digital audio broadcast frequencies during most weekdays at 12:45 and 17:45, and shorter bulletins throughout the day at thirty-minute intervals. It is produced by BBC News but contrasts other BBC programmes by providing news specifically designed for an audience of teenagers and young adults.

Broadcasting since 1973, Newsbeat promises its younger listeners local and worldwide news with energetic presenters who ensure complex issues become easily accessible for their target audience by using informal speech, interactive games, and audience participation.