BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and the surrounding former Avon area. Launched in September 1970, it broadcasts from its studios in Bristol on 94.9 (Dundry), 95.5 (Mendip), 104.6 (Bath) FM, 1548 (Mangotsfield) AM and DAB. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the English city. ... The County of Avon was a short-lived non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. ... For other uses, see Frequency (disambiguation). ... , Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ... Rodway Hill, Mangotsfield. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... 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). ... This article is about the English city. ... The County of Avon was a short-lived non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ... 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... Rodway Hill, Mangotsfield. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ...

The strongest FM signal on 95.5 MHz, comes from the Mendip transmitter, near Wells, which covers Bristol and the whole of the former Avon area as well as almost all of the shire county of Somerset. Such is the strength of the transmitter that it also can be heard in much of rural Wiltshire and south-east Wales (even as far as Swansea), As far north as the Worcestershire border and as far south as Seaton, Devon. BBC Somerset Sound and BBC Radio Bristol share many programmes, mainly during off-peak hours. Due to the hilly nature of the area, the Ilchester Crescent transmitter on 94.9 MHz fills in much-needed gaps in reception over central Bristol - although this transmitter has now been moved to Dundry, south of Bristol. The Mendip TV Mast The Mendip TV Mast The Mendip TV Mast is a 922-foot (281 m) tall television broadcasting mast. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... This article is about the country. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... BBC Somerset Sound is the BBC Local Radio service for the historic English county of Somerset. ...

The BBC plans to relaunch BBC Somerset Sound on FM, leaving BBC Radio Bristol free to concentrate editorially on Bristol, Bath and the rest of the former Avon area. BBC Somerset Sound is the BBC Local Radio service for the historic English county of Somerset. ...

In September, 2006, Radio Bristol re-launched its weekday schedule. Long-serving presenter, John Turner, moved to Breakfast, Dave Barrett returned to the station to take over mid-morning and Richard Lewis moved to afternoons. Another veteran, Keith Warmington, now presents the regional late night show between 10 and 1 which concentrates on arts and entertainment across the BBC West region. To accommodate Keith's new programme, Trevor Fry moved earlier in the evening between 7 and 10.

Since the reshuffle, John Turner has retired and Geoff Twentyman has taken over breakfast while a long-term successor is found for the programme.

Radio Bristol's main competitor is GWR on 96.3FM. GWR bought up many national independent local radio stations in the 1990s. There are also Kiss 101 (formerly vibe fm formerly vibe 101 formerly Galaxy 101) and Star 107.2. The Bath transmitter also broadcasts GWR on 103FM and Bath FM on 107.9FM. Mendip also broadcasts Orchard FM on 102.6FM, and Kiss 101 (which has a much more powerful signal than Radio Bristol) as well as the area's TV. GWR FM is the name of three pop Independent Local Radio stations based in Bristol, Bath and Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. ... Kiss 101 is a radio station in Bristol broadcasting out to South Wales and South West England playing dance music and RnB. It is part of a network of stations called the Kiss Network, which also includes Kiss 105-108 (East Anglia) and Kiss 100 (London) and is... Star 107. ... Categories: Bath and North East Somerset | Radio stations in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom broadcasting stubs ... Orchard FM is a radio station broadcasting from Somerset, England. ...

In the evenings from 7pm (630pm on Saturdays and 7 PM on Sundays), the output from Radio Bristol is shared with all BBC local radio stations in the BBC West region. Geoff Barker's regional Rock and Roll Show on Saturday evenings is one of BBC Local Radio's most popular 'on-demand' programmes on the BBC Radioplayer.

The local BBC TV news is BBC Points West, from Bristol, one of the UK's most watched TV news programmes on any channel. The Points West programme titles are designed by Lambie Nairn. ... This article is about the English city. ...

Radio Bristol recently ran a competition open to 11 - 16 year olds, to work with the station for a year as Young Correspondents. Out of hundreds of entries, twenty youths attended a grand final at the station, where they were set tasks and interviewed before the final five were chosen. The final five were Angus Harrison, Dominic Mather, Deanna Quirke, Joanna Hawkins and Ed Franklin- they can now be heard reporting on stories which interest them, and contributing to shows on a regular basis.

The station recently celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Bradley Stoke, by transmitting 'BBC Radio Bradley Stoke' for one day only on the station's medium-wave frequency. Bradley Stoke is an extensive housing estate in South Gloucestershire, England. ...

Kate Adie produced and presented programmes for BBC Radio Bristol in the 1970s alongside Michael Buerk. Theirs were the first two voices to be heard on the station. Chris Morris was also part of the team. Other past presenters include the late Roger Bennett who presented the Breakfast Show, Morning West for 30 years and Susan Osman who co-hosted Points West for 14 years. Current Editor, Tim Pemberton took over from Jenny Lacey in spring 2006. Kate Adie (born September 19, 1945) is a British journalist. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is a BBC journalist and newsreader, most famous for his reporting of the Ethiopian famine on 23 October 1984, which inspired the Band Aid charity record. ... Chris Morris (born September 5, 1965 in Bristol, England) is an English satirical comedian, writer, producer, director, actor and radio DJ. Morris began his career in radio before later moving into television. ... Susan Osman on BBC News 24 (from www. ...

Frequency Change

On Monday 12 November 2007 BBC Radio Bristol's primary frequency will change to 94.9 MHz from the Dundry transmitter. The former 95.5 MHz frequency from Mendip will commence broadcasting BBC Somerset programmes from 3 December 2007.

External links

• BBC Radio Bristol
• Frequency Change in 2007
• Media UK - BBC Radio Bristol
• MDS975's Transmitter Map.
• History of local radio in Avon and Somerset.
• Bath mast.
• Ilchester Crescent, Bedminster mast.
• Mangotsfield mast.
• Mendip mast.
• Philip Hunt's Sounds of Brass.