BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. It broadcasts from its studios in Leicester on 104.9 FM, DAB and on the website via Real Player. The old 837 kHz medium wave signal from Leicester has now been commandered by the BBC's asian network, a popular service in Leicester. It was the very first BBC local radio station, first broadcasting on 8 November 1967. Unlike many other BBC local radio stations, individual programmes are available to listen again on the station's radio player. 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... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ... 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... 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. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Categories: BBC radio | Stub ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The transmitter is actually only 220ft, but is set 750ft high on the tops of the Jurassic limestone ridge at Copt Oak, next to the M1. The signal reaches a long way throughout the southern section of the East Midlands, Warwickshire, and Northamptonshire. This is a high point in Charnwood Forest, part of the National Forest. The Jurassic period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 200 million years BP at the end of the Triassic to 146 million years BP at the beginning of the Cretaceous. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... The M1 is a major north-south motorway in England connecting London to Yorkshire, where it joins the A1(M) near Wetherby. ... Warwickshire (pronounced worrickshur or worricksheer) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Charnwood Forest is an upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, England. ... The National Forest, which covers an area of 520 km² of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, is described as a forest in the making. It stretches from Leicester in the east to Burton-upon-Trent in the west, and links the ancient forests of Needwood and Charnwood. ...

The transmitter also broadcasts Century 106, a commercial station. Leicester also has Leicester Sound, with the transmitter in Billesdon, eight miles east of Leicester near the A47. Fosseway Radio, a smaller station, has broadcast from Hinckley since 1998. 106 Century FM a regional radio station broadcasting to the East Midlands. ... Leicester Sound Leicester Sound is a radio station in Leicester, England. ... The A47 is a trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. ... Fosseway Radio Nick Gurney does the Breakfast Show. ... Map sources for Hinckley at grid reference SP423943 Hinckley is a town in south-west Leicestershire, England. ...

The early morning show, hosted by Maria Richmond, from 5 - 6am is from Lincoln and is heard across the East Midlands. Ben Jackson does the breakfast show from 6am until 9am. John Florance hosts the programme Talkback every weekday from 2pm until 4pm. In the evening, the East Midlands local radio share the same programme from the Nottingham studios hosted by Rob Underwood from 9pm until 12am. Like a public service feature of East Midlands BBC local radio, staff from local job centres have a daily announcement of current vacancies. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Nottingham is a city located in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the tradional region of the Midlands. ... JobCentre Plus is the government-funded employment agency facility and the social security office in the United Kingdom, often operated from a high street shop. ...

External links

• BBC Radio Leicester.
• The history of BBC Radio Leicester.
• Media UK - BBC Radio Leicester.
• History of local radio in Leicestershire.
• Copt Oak Transmitter.
• The old 837 kHz transmitter in Leicester.