BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lancashire. It began as Radio Blackburn on 26th January 1971 on 96.4FM, changing to the normal name on 26th January 1981. It broadcasts from its studios in Blackburn on 95.5 (Hameldon Hill, Burnley), 103.9 (Winter Hill, Bolton), 104.5 (Lancaster) FM and 855 (Preston), 1557 (Oxcliffe Hill, close to the A683 near Lancaster) AM, DAB and Real Player via the website. 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... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... This page is about the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester, 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... This article is about Preston in Lancashire, England. ... Lancaster can refer to: Places In the United Kingdom: Lancaster, Lancashire (within the City of Lancaster) City of Lancaster In the United States: Lancaster, California Lancaster, Kansas Lancaster, Kentucky Lancaster, Massachusetts Lancaster, Minnesota Lancaster, Missouri Lancaster County, Nebraska Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster, New York: Lancaster (town), New York Lancaster (village... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... 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. ...

The 103.9 FM signal comes 2500ft high on the Winter Hill transmitter, and its height gives it the greatest coverage over Lancashire. North Manchester, although nearby, can just about pick up the signal. Winter Hill also carries national radio and TV and the commercial stations 105.4 Century FM, Rock FM (formerly Red Rose Radio) on 97.4FM and Smooth FM on 100.4FM. The Lancaster transmitter also carries TV. Winter Hill Mast is a television mast situated between Chorley and Bolton, in Lancashire, England. ... 105. ... 97. ... Smooth FM 100. ...

Paul Graham broadcasts to all BBC North West local radio stations on weekdays from 5 - 6am. With many rugby league and football teams in the region, there is Lancashire Sport from 6pm each weekday, lasting 4 hours on Tuesday and Friday, though shorter on other days. From 10pm - 1am Monday - Thursday, Carole Turner has her phone-in show, 'Later With Carole'. Tony Livesey, the Daily Sport editor from Burnley, also broadcasts. The local BBC TV news is North West Tonight from Oxford Road, Manchester. The Daily Sport is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Sport Newspapers. ... BBC North West Tonight is the BBCs regional evening television news programme for the north west England region, which is comprised of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire. ... Location within the British Isles. ...

Radio Lancashire is perhaps best known for On the Wire, a late night alternative music programme hosted by DJ Steve Barker which has been broadcast on the station since 1984.

External links

• BBC Radio Lancashire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiolancashire)
• Media UK - BBC Radio Lancashire (http://www.mediauk.com/radio/297)
• On the Wire. (http://www.onthewire.uk.com)
• North West Radio. (http://www.northwestradio.info)
• History of local radio in Lancashire. (http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKLancs.htm)
• Some old jingles and clips. (http://www.gjmedia.co.uk/mediacentre.htm)
• The former Radio Blackburn. (http://www.gjmedia.co.uk/rb/RBburn.htm)
• Old jingle. (http://www.tvradiobits.i12.com/RadioLancashire.rm)
• MDS975's Transmitter Map. (http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/r/arar93/mds975/txmaps/lancashire.html)
• Hameldon Hill transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hameldon-hill.asp)
• Lancaster transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/lancaster.asp)
• Winter Hill transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/winterhill/index.asp)