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BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on October 3, 1988. It broadcasts from its studios in London Rd, Gloucester on 95 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester), 104.7 (Gloucester, Cheltenham & Tewkesbury) FM and 1413 in the Cotswolds & Forest of Dean AM. You can also listen via the internet. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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). ... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the city of Gloucester in England; for other uses see Gloucester (disambiguation). ... For other places with the same name, see Stroud (disambiguation). ... Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. ... This article is about the city of Gloucester in England; for other uses see Gloucester (disambiguation). ... For the parliamentary constituency, see Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In telecommunications, frequency modulation (FM) conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Amplitude modulation (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. ...


Transmitters

The main transmitter is 104.7FM broadcasting from Churchdown Hill near to jct 11 on the M5. The transmitter is not particularly high, is next to two mobile phone masts, and relatively under-powered. The transmitter also broadcasts Severn Sound on 102.4 FM & also some of the National Radio Stations. The station therefore has several infill transmitters on AM and FM. The Stroud transmitter broadcasts on 95.0 FM & serves the Stroud valleys and the Dursley area. This transmitter also has Severn Sound on 103FM. The Cirencester transmitter broadcasts on 95.8FM serving Cirencester and surrounding areas. Severn Sound is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts to Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom. ...


From 1992, the station was broadcast only on FM, which did not cover the hilly areas such as the Forest of Dean andCotswolds which had tuned in on 603MW, so eventually in 1995, after losing all its listeners in these areas, two AM transmitters were switched on to much applause in [[Bourton-on-the-Water for the Cotswolds and Berkeley Heath for the Forest of Dean. The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... Amplitude modulation (AM) is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. ...


Schedule

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  • 6.00am Tom Lowe
  • 9.00 Faye Hatcher
  • 12.00 Richard Atkins
  • 2.00pm Matchday with Steve Kitchen
  • 6.00 Geoff Barker - Rock 'N' Roll Party
  • 8.00 David Lowe - As Time Goes By
  • 10.00 Tony Gillham
  • 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

Sundays Thomas Edward Lowe (born 21 August 1975 in Bexley, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. ... Broadcaster Richard Atkins has presented on many BBC Local Radio Stations & is currently heard on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ...

  • 6.00am Richard Atkins
  • 9.00 Vernon Harwood and Brian Bailley
  • 11.00 John Rockley
  • 2.00pm Pete Wilson
  • 3.00 Johnny Coppin - Folk Roots
  • 4.00 Manny Masih & Paul Moss - Face to Face
  • 7.00 Phillip Hunt - Sounds of Brass
  • 8.00 David Lowe - Swingers & Singers
  • 10.00 Douglas Mounce
  • 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

Weekdays Broadcaster Richard Atkins has presented on many BBC Local Radio Stations & is currently heard on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ... Radio Broadcaster Vernon Harwood is a BBC Local Radio Presenter. ... Johnny Coppin is an English singer/songwriter, composer, poetry anthologist and broadcaster. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ...

  • 5.00am Faye Hatcher - Daybreak (Across Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire)
  • 6.00am Mark Cummings
  • 9.00 John Rockley
  • 12.00 Steve Kitchen
  • 3.00 David Smith
  • 5.00 Anna King (with David Aston on Mondays)
  • 7.00 Trevor Fry
  • 10.00 Keith Warmington - Access All Areas (with Tim McSweeney on Fridays)
  • 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

Regular daytime cover presenters include Mike George,Vernon Harwood, John Hellings, Jo Durrant and Ian Chaloner. BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Ian Chaloner recently presented the Early Breakfast show on BBC Radio One. Former staff members and broadcasters include Phil Mackie and Ian Deeley. BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... Mike George is a British DJ. He was born in Harrow, Middlesex. ... Radio Broadcaster Vernon Harwood is a BBC Local Radio Presenter. ... Ian Chaloner is the youngest presenter on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ... Ian Chaloner is the youngest presenter on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ... Ian Deeley (alias Euan Daily) is a former travel newsreader from the West Midlands // Ian joined BBC Radio Gloucestershire in August 2001 after a highly successful stint with Trafficlink based in Birmingham. ...


From 7pm - 1am each weekday, all BBC local radio stations in the West share the same two programmes. These are those in the Points West TV area, based in Bristol. This article is about the English city. ...


Radio Gloucestershire also has its own successful BBC Gloucestershire website which is one of the BBC's Where I Livewebsites, covering all of the UK at a local level.


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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. ... It has been suggested that BBC Radio Bedfordshire be merged into this article or section. ...


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 West: Radio Lancashire • Radio Manchester • Radio Merseyside 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. ...


North East and Cumbria: BBC Tees • Radio Cumbria • Radio Newcastle BBC Radio Cleveland was 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 Newcastle is the BBC Local Radio service English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ...


South and South East: Radio Kent • Southern Counties Radio 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. ...


South: Radio Berkshire • Radio Oxford • Radio Solent 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. ...


London: London 94.9 BBC London 94. ...


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 the surrounding former Avon area. ... 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 BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands and South Staffordshire, 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 a BBC Local Radio station in England, for the area of North and Mid Staffordshire and South Cheshire. ...


Yorkshire: Radio Leeds • Radio Sheffield • Radio York 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. ...


Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Radio Humberside • Radio Lincolnshire 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 the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on April 1, 1996. ... BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshire—apart from the northern parts of the county, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside. ...

Former stations: Radio Brighton • Radio Bedfordshire • Radio Durham • BBC GLR • Radio London • Radio Surrey BBC Radio Brighton was one of the first wave of BBC Local Radio stations which took to the air during the late 1960s. ... BBC Radio Bedfordshire went on-air in June 1985. ... BBC Radio Durham was part off the BBCs original plan to have 9 sites where local radio experiments would be carried out, however, it is the only station to have fully closed down. ... BBC London 94. ... BBC London 94. ... BBC Radio Surrey officially commenced broadcasting at 6. ...


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