NationMaster - Encyclopedia: BBC Radio Brighton

BBC Radio Brighton was one of the first wave of BBC Local Radio stations which took to the air during the late 1960s. Broadcasting from Marlborough Place, it officially opened on 14 February 1968, though a short-lived emergency service had been broadcast during the blizzards earlier that winter. Originally broadcast on 88.1 MHz VHF only, the station later acquired a medium wave frequency of 202m, and transferred to 95.3 MHz on VHF. BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Dr. Seuss Jean Shepherd Ringo Starr John Steinbeck Gloria Steinem Tom Stoppard Hunter S. Thompson Gore Vidal Peter Vincent Kurt Vonnegut Andy Warhol Alan Watts Bob Weir Brian Wilson Tom Wolfe There were six Olympics held during the decade. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...

In common with much of the BBC's early local radio output, Radio Brighton broadcast only for limited daytime hours in its early years, relying on Radio 2 and Radio 4 for a sustaining service, but building to a full daytime service by the mid-1970s. In the early years, the emphasis was on structured programmes rather than the open-ended magazine shows which have since become more common. The flagship was the breakfast news programme 'Coastwise'. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than Â£4 billion. ...

The transmission area was initially restricted to little more than the immediate Brighton and Hove conurbation, with the surrounding suburbs, but coverage was extended to include Worthing in the late 1970s. In 1983, as part of the BBC's move to extend its local radio network across the UK, the station expanded further to include the entire county. The 'Radio Brighton' name was dropped in favour of the more accurate BBC Radio Sussex. This in turn merged with a later arrival, BBC Radio Surrey to form the modern BBC Southern Counties Radio. Though a separate news service for Sussex survives, and there is a breakfast show for Brighton and Hove on the old 95.3 frequency, much of the new station's output derives from Guildford rather than Brighton. Brighton and Hove is a city on the south coast of England. ... Worthing is the largest town and a local government district in West Sussex, England. ... BBC Southern Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. ... Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town: GUILDFORD...

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The first manager was Bob Gunnell, who remained with the station for more than a decade. He instigated the station's idiosyncratic use of the 24-hour clock, much to the confusion of listeners and presenters. The innovation was quietly dropped after his retirement. The 24-hour clock is a convention of time-keeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, numbered from 0 to 23. ...

Regular presenters included the programme organiser Jim Parr, Keith Slade, John Henty, Stewart Macintosh, David Arscott, Piers Bishop and Joanna Holles (whose focus was women's programmes and old-time music shows, notably the long-running 'Oh Joanna'). Desmond Lynam was among the Radio Brighton staff who went on to national fame. Desmond Michael Lynam (born September 17, 1942 in Ennis, Ireland) is an Irish-born British sports presenter and game show host on British television and radio. ...

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BBC Local Radio

East: Essex • Radio Cambridgeshire • Radio Norfolk • Radio Northampton • Radio Suffolk • Three Counties Radio BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... 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 since 11 September 1980. ... 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 12 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. ...

East Midlands: Radio Derby • Radio Leicester • Radio Nottingham 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 Nottingham is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Nottinghamshire. ...

North East and North West: Radio Cleveland • Radio Cumbria • Radio Lancashire • Radio Manchester • Radio Merseyside • Radio Newcastle 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 and broadcasts from studios in Carlisle. ... BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lancashire. ... BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and surrounding areas. ... BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire. ... BBC Radio Newcastle is the BBC Local Radio service English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ...

South and South East: Radio Berkshire • Radio Kent • London 94.9 • Radio Oxford • Radio Solent • Southern Counties Radio BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire. ... BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent. ... BBC London 94. ... 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. ... BBC Southern Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. ...

South West and the Channel Islands: Radio Cornwall • Radio Devon • Radio Guernsey • Radio Jersey 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: Radio Bristol • Radio Gloucestershire • Radio Swindon • Radio Wiltshire • Somerset 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 3, 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, the new name for the soon-to-be-relaunched BBC Somerset Sound, is the BBC Local Radio service for the shire county of Somerset. ...

West Midlands: BBC WM • Coventry and Warwickshire • Hereford and Worcester • Radio Shropshire • Radio Stoke 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. ... // Overview BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service serving the City of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire, It broadcasts on 94. ... 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. ...

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Radio Humberside • Radio Lincolnshire • Radio Leeds • Radio Sheffield • Radio York 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 Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshireâ€”apart from the northern parts of the county, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside. ... 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. ... BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire. ...

Former stations: Radio Brighton • Radio Bedfordshire • Radio Durham • BBC GLR • BBC GMR • Radio London BBC Radio Bedfordshire went on-air in June 1985. ... BBC London 94. ... This article is about the Manchester radio station. ... BBC London 94. ...

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