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 Sou'West) for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4. Since 2004 the weekend opt-out programmes for Plymouth have been joined by a weekday breakfast show for the city - in common with a number of other BBC local stations which have also introduced subregional opt-outs. 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 Ethnicity... 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. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England, the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar, often known as the Cornish peninsula or plateau. ... Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ...

Philip Hunt's Sounds of Brass, broadcast every Sunday at 7pm, comes from the Plymouth studios. After 7pm each weekday, local radio in the Spotlight TV news area joins up, then from 10pm until 1am, local radio in the Points West region joins. At the weekends, most local BBC radio stations in the entire west have the same programmes from 6pm onwards.

Radio Devon is broadcast on the following frequencies from BBC Broadcasting House in Plymouth (transmitter location in brackets): The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ...

• FM:
  • 103.4MHz countywide (North Hessary Tor)
  • 94.8MHz in North Devon (Huntshaw Cross)
  • 95.7MHz in Plymouth
  • 95.8MHz in Exeter (St. Thomas)
  • 96.0MHz in West Devon (Okehampton)
  • 104.3MHz in Torbay and the South Hams (Beacon Hill)
• AM (MW):
  • 801 kHz in North Devon (Barnstaple)
  • 990 kHz in Exeter
  • 855 kHz in Plymouth
  • 1458 kHz in Torbay
• DAB - available in Exeter, Honiton and Torbay.

Note: AM radio broadcasts often opt-out of the main Radio Devon programming to broadcast coverage of local sports events; for example, Gordon Sparks provides coverage of every Plymouth Argyle league game on the 855kHz (Plymouth) frequency. 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... Categories: Stub | Devon ... Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... West Devon is a local government district and borough in Devon, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Torbay is an east facing bay at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south west of England. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Categories: Stub | Devon ... Location within the British Isles. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... Torbay is an east facing bay at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south west of England. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... Location within the British Isles Honiton is a town in Devon, England. ... Torbay is an east facing bay at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south west of England. ... Plymouth Argyle Football Club, also known as the Pilgrims and based in Plymouth, are one of only two football clubs in the English Football League to play in a principally green home strip. ...

Huntshaw Cross mast also has Lantern FM on 96.2FM. Beacon Hill has Gemini FM on 96.4FM. Exeter has Gemini FM on 97FM. Lantern FM is the Independent Local Radio station for the North Devon area. ... Gemini FM Gemini FM is a FM radio station broadcasting to Exeter and Torbay in Devon, United Kingdom. ...

BBC Radio Devon can also be heard online using the RealPlayer media player. RealPlayer is a media player, created by RealNetworks, that plays a number of multimedia formats including multiple generations of RealAudio and RealVideo codecs as well as MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, etc. ...

External links

• BBC Radio Devon
• Media UK - BBC Radio Devon
• History of local radio in Devon.
• Sounds of Brass.
• Barnstaple mast.
• Beacon Hill mast.
• Exeter Pearce's Hill mast.
• Exeter St Thomas mast.
• Huntshaw Cross mast.
• North Hessary Tor mast.
• Okehampton mast.
• Plumer Barracks Plymouth mast.
• Torbay/Occombe mast.