BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire. It broadcasts on 94.6 (Henley), 95.4 (Windsor), 104.1 (Hannington, north Hampshire) and 104.4 (Broad St Mall, Reading) FM from its studios in Caversham Park in Reading, Berkshire. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest by far. The station began on 26th Januuary 1991, starting as a sister station of Radio Oxford. Due to financial cutbacks, it was merged with Radio Oxford on 9th April 1996 to become BBC Thames Valley and featured Martin Kelner, who now broadcasts irreverently on Radio Leeds. Separate breakfast shows for Reading and Oxford began. On 13th February 2000, the two stations became separate once again, although shared several programmes until September 2003. BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ... For other places named Berkshire, see: Berkshire (disambiguation) Berkshire (pronounced Barkshe(e)r; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire and Hampshire. ... Henley, Suffolk, is a village in Suffolk, England Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... St Marys Church and market Reading is a town and unitary authority in Berkshire in England. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM radio, 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... Caversham is a village in the unitary authority of Reading, England, although, historically, Caversham was part of Oxfordshire. ... St Marys Church and market Reading is a town and unitary authority in Berkshire in England. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. ...

The Hannington transmitter, on Cottington Hill (close to Watership Down) also carries television channels and 2-Ten FM on 102.9FM. The 104.1FM signal can be heard over most of Hampshire, certainly more than Radio Solent. The Broad St Mall transmitter carries 2-Ten FM on 97FM, and Radio Berkshire since 1991, although the BBC call it Fountain House, the name of the building it is fixed to. Henley broadcasts 2-Ten FM on 103.4FM. Categories: UK geography stubs ... 2-Ten FM was originally called Radio 210 and broadcast on 210m (1431 kHz) MW & 97 MHz VHF. In the early 90s, 210 split into two parts: 210 Classic Gold Radio on 1431 MW and 2-Ten FM on 97. ... BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. ...

The station essentially covers the M4 corridor, for better or (often) worse. The words 'M4' and 'hold-ups' or 'queues' go together like peaches and cream. The main morning show from 9am is hosted by Andrew Peach, who has conscientiously de-brummified his Birmingham twang. He shares his Saturday morning show with Radio Oxford, at least before Radio Oxford went all commercial and glitzy, and can be heard on Radio 2 on the weekend as a continuity announcer and newsreader. The M4 motorway is also a motorway in the Republic of Ireland, on the route from Dublin to Sligo. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ...

Maggie Philbin shares the breakfast show until 9am with Portsmouth University-educated Jim Cathcart. The station is quite Reading-centric, and covers much sporting action from Reading FC at the Madejski Stadium, also known as the 'Mad Stad'. The University of Portsmouth is the only University in the city of Portsmouth. ... Reading F.C. is a football team based in Reading, England, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ... The Madejski Stadium is a sport stadium in Reading, England. ...

In the evening, after 7 pm, all BBC radio stations in the South and South-East join up. The evening show used to be presented by Belfast-accented Sue Dougan, but now its Charlie Crocker, and comes from Tunbridge Wells, home of Radio Kent. Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ... BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent. ...

Newsreaders on Radio Bristol have been known to pronounce Berkshire phonetically as Birkshire. BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and surrounding area. ...

External links

• BBC Radio Berkshire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radioberkshire)
• Media UK - BBC Radio Berkshire (http://www.mediauk.com/radio/299)
• Andrew Peach (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radioberkshire/andrewpeach.shtml)
• History of local radio in Berkshire. (http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKBerkshire.htm)
• Old BBC Thames Valley jingle. (http://www.tvradiobits.i12.com/RadioTVFM.rm)
• Old jingle. (http://www.tvradiobits.i12.com/RadioBerkshire.rm)
• Broad St Mall transmitter in Reading. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/broad-street-mall.asp)
• Hannington transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hannington/index.asp)