BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Essex. It broadcasts from its studios on New London Road in Chelmsford on 103.5 (Great Braxted) and 95.3 (South Benfleet) FM, and on 729 (Manningtree), 765 (Bakers Wood), and 1530 (Rayleigh) AM. It is also available on DAB and live streaming via the internet. It celebrated twenty years of broadcasting in November 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Arms of Chelmsford Borough Council This article is about the town of Chelmsford in Essex. ... , South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex in the East of England, United Kingdom. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... Manningtree is a town in Essex, England, which has merged with the port of Mistley, on the River Stour. ... Map sources for Rayleigh, Essex at grid reference TQ806907 Arms of the former Rayleigh Urban District Council Rayleigh is a market town in Essex, England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. ... Amplitude modulation (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. ... Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ...

History

BBC Essex launched on November 5, 1986. It broke from the naming convention of "BBC Radio (county name)" so as to avoid confusion with Essex Radio (now Essex FM). There had also been a pirate station called Radio Essex in the 1960s. Essex FM is a British radio station that broadcasts from Chelmsford, Essex. ...

BBC Essex set out to be different from existing BBC local stations, which were often perceived as rather "stuffy" and "worthy". It launched with a more up-beat sound, an almost "tabloid" news style and younger presenters than most stations; it even avoided use of the traditional BBC logo. However, over the years the style has been toned down and the format is now more in line with the rest of the BBC local radio family.

Transmitters

The strongest signal by far is 103.5 FM, which comes from a small transmitter north-east of Chelmsford close to the A12. It reaches into Hertfordshire. The 95.3 FM signal is heard in most of the southern Thames Estuary as well. The South Benfleet transmitter also provides Essex FM on 96.3FM and DAB. The 500ft Manningtree transmitter, the highest of all five, also has national radio frequencies, Virgin Radio, BBC DAB National (the only one in Essex) and Digital One. It is the main FM transmitter for Radio Suffolk. The Bakers Wood transmitter also has Essex FM on 102.6FM, and is one of the DAB transmitters. DAB signals, since May 20th 2002, have come from the Essex 12D multiplex, which has transmitters at Maitland House (Southend-on-Sea town centre), Colchester, Sudbury (in Suffolk), and Rye Hill (south of Harlow - on a water tower). The A12 is a major road in England, a trunk road for most of its length, running from London to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. ... For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ... The Thames Estuary is a large estuary where the River Thames flows into the North Sea. ... Essex FM is a British radio station that broadcasts from Chelmsford, Essex. ... Virgin Radio, originally known as Virgin 1215, is a British commercial music radio station based in London which plays popular music and rock. ... BBC DAB National is a Digital audio broadcasting multiplex in the UK, for a number of radio stations which have UK wide coverage; the multiplex broadcasts on Block 12B (225. ... Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by GCap Media and transmitted on frequency block 11D. It broadcasts the following channels receivable on any digital-equipped radio: Classic FM - national commercial classical music station, also on FM Core - semi-automated pop music station... BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... The town of Colchester is the main settlement in the East of England borough of Colchester, Essex. ... Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 miles from London. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. ...

Schedule

Weekdays: 05.00 - Tom Warmington 06.00 - Breakfast with Ray Clark 09.00 - Dave Monk - "Time to Talk" 12.00 - Etholle George 14.00 - Steve Scruton, with Sound Advice, Tea @ Three and the Essex Air Ambulance Lottery Draw (Friday's Only 14.05) 16.00 - John Hayes - "Drivetime" Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. ... This page is about computer text editing. ...

Saturdays: 06.00 - Liz Mullen - "Big Saturday Breakfast" 09.00 - Ian Wyatt 12.00 - Ken Crowther - "Down to Earth" 14.00 (Football Season only)- Glenn Speller - "Essex Sport" ,(765MW West Ham Commentary with BBC London 94.9FM) 14.00 (Summer Season) - "Steve's Summer Saturday" Live from an event near you.

Sundays: 06.00 - "Faith & Fun" with Janet Gershlick & Chris Bard 09.00 - John Hayes - "John's Journey Back in Time" - (June 2007 - Now Hosted By Ray Clark) 12.00 - Steve Cherelle - "Essex Country" 15.00 - Eric Hall - "Monster Memories"

From 19.00 until 01.00 each weekday, BBC Essex shares programming with the rest of the BBC local radio in the Eastern area (Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northants, Beds, Harts & Bucks). On Saturdays and Sundays this is from 6pm till 1am (with BBC Radio Kent joining the Eastern area from 9pm on Saturdays and BBC Radio Lincolnshire on Sundays) From 01.00 to 05.00 (06.00 Weekends) BBC Essex joins BBC Radio Five Live for "Up All Night".

The text number is 07786 201035 - daytime only The competition line is (01245 49 50 50 - Daytime) & (0845 30 50 007 - Evenings)

Previous presenters

Former presenters on BBC Essex include Alex Lester, now a presenter on BBC Radio 2; Paddy O'Connell, a television and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster; Peter Heaton-Jones, now the policy advisor to a Member of Parliament in Australia; Mark Pougatch, currently a BBC TV sports presenter; Kara Tritton, former presenter on TV shopping channel QVC and television presenter and Radio 2 host Dermot O'Leary. [1] Alex Lester (born Walsall, West Midlands, 11th May 1956) is a British broadcaster who presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ... Guy Patrick Bennett OConnell (born 11 March 1966), better known as Paddy OConnell is a British television and radio presenter. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Peter Heaton-Jones, (born 2 August 1963), is an English/Australian journalist, broadcaster and political advisor. ... Mark Pougatch is a journalist working for the BBC. Pougatch started his broadcasting career at BBC Essex in 1992 when he graduated from Durham. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• BBC Essex
• Media UK - BBC Essex
• History of local radio in Essex.
• Pirate BBC Essex.
• Recording jingles at S2 Blue in Leek (YouTube)
• MDS975's Transmitter map.
• Bakers Wood transmitter (also digital)
• Great Braxted transmitter.
• Maitland House (digital).
• Manningtree transmitter.
• Rayleigh transmitter.
• South Benfleet transmitter (also digital).
• Sudbury (digital).
• How to listen to BBC Essex via the Internet