NationMaster - Encyclopedia: BBC Local Radio

BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. Radio Leicester was the first to launch on 8 November 1967. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Station list by region

East

BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Essex. ... BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cambridgeshire. ... BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Norfolk. ... Broadcasting House in Abington Street, Northampton BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Northamptonshire. ... BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12th April 1990. ... BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to as Beds, Herts and Bucks). It broadcasts from its studios in Luton on 94. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...

East Midlands

BBC Radio Derby is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Derbyshire. ... BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. ... BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshire. ... BBC Radio Nottingham is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Nottinghamshire. ...

London

North

BBC Radio Cleveland is the BBC Local Radio service for the English areas of Teesside, County Durham and some of North Yorkshire. ... BBC Radio Cumbria is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cumbria. ... BBC Radio Newcastle is the BBC Local Radio service English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ...

North West

This article is about the Manchester radio station. ... BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lancashire. ... BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside. ...

South

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ... BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton. ...

South East

BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent. ... BBC Southern Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... BBC Radio Brighton was one of the first wave of BBC Local Radio stations which took to the air during the late 1960s. ...

South West

BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cornwall. ... BBC Radio Devon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Devon, and began transmissions on 17 January 1983, replacing a previous breakfast show (Morning SouWest) for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4. ... BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC Local Radio service for the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Alderney. ... BBC Radio Jersey logo. ...

West

BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and surrounding area. ... BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on October 3rd 1988. ... BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. ... BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Wiltshire, which began as BBC Wiltshire Sound on April 4th 1989. ... BBC Somerset Sound is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Somerset, North Somerset and North-East Somerset. ...

Yorkshire

BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire on April 1st 1996. ... BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. ... BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. ... Not be confused with: the University of Yorks University Radio York BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire. ...

West Midlands

The Mailbox, home to BBC WMs studios in Birmingham BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands and South Staffordshire, and Warwickshire operated by BBC Birmingham. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... BBC WM (Coventry and Warwickshire) is the BBC Local Radio service for Coventry and Warwickshire. ... BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. ... BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Shropshire. ... BBC Radio Stoke is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas including north and mid-Staffordshire and south Cheshire. ...

See also

The following stations are considered "national stations" and are not technically part of BBC Local Radio.

Category: BBC local radio This article does not cite its references or sources. ... BBC Radio Wales is the BBCs national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. ... BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Wales Welsh language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales on FM since 1979. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 kmÂ² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/kmÂ² NUTS 1... BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Northern Ireland Radio station based in Belfast. ... BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC radio station which serves Derry/Londonderry, named after the River Foyle which flows through the city. ... Travel guide to Scotland from Wikitravel Transport in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in... BBC Radio Scotland is the BBCs national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. ... BBC Radio nan Gaidheal is the BBCs Gaelic language broadcaster for Scotland. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... BBC 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and childrens programming 24 hours a day. ... BBC 1Xtra is a UK radio station from the BBC specialising in urban and black music. ... BBC Five Live Sports Extra is an additional radio service provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation via digital radio and the digital satellite and digital terrestrial television services in the UK. It is not available via normal analogue radio. ... Asian Network logo BBC Asian Network studio at The Mailbox shopping centre, Birmingham. ... BBC Radio Scotland is the BBCs national radio network for Scotland, broadcasting since 1976 on 92-95 FM and 810 medium wave. ... BBC Radio nan Gaidheal is the BBCs Gaelic language broadcaster for Scotland. ... BBC Radio Wales is the BBCs national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. ... BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Wales Welsh language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales on FM since 1979. ... BBC Radio Ulster is a BBC Northern Ireland Radio station based in Belfast. ... World Service logo The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ...

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