The brand was launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two and ceased broadcasting on 18 December 2010.

Sound was a weekly music entertainment and chat show presented by Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw.

Falcon Beach was an imported Canadian coming-of-age drama about teenagers, their passions, relationships, friends, families and enemies.

On 17 May 2008, three new shows were launched under the BBC Switch brand: Kyle XY, a sci-fi drama, Class of 2008, a documentary series which followed six friends in London, and Revealed..., a new journalism show which looked at the lives of teenagers in the UK, presented by Charlotte Ashton and Anthony Baxter.

[2]) Deacon also hosted a 5:19 Show as part of the Sunday night Switch broadcast on Radio 1.

Mac said, "I'm really honoured and excited to be involved with BBC Switch on Sunday nights.

Aled Haydn Jones, Kimberly Walsh, Mac and Grimshaw hosted, with many acts playing, including The Saturdays, JLS, N-Dubz, The Black Eyed Peas, Shaheen Jafargholi, Alexandra Burke and Pixie Lott.

In December 2010, Andy Parfitt confirmed he would remain in control of BBC Radio Switch.

It was announced that the closure was due to a 25% cut in the BBC Online budget, reducing it by £34 million.