BBC Radio Surrey officially commenced broadcasting at 6.00am on Thursday 14th November 1991, however, the station initially went on-air in order to cover a cricket match between Surrey and Hampshire on Saturday 6th September 1991, this was basically the feed from BBC Radio Solent. Not to be confused with Surry. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ...

History

After little promotion and because many of the stations programmes came from either BBC Radio Sussex or the BBC South & eAst Network the station was slowly wound down. The BBC announced plans to merge it with BBC Radio Sussex. This became what is now BBC Southern Counties Radio. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ... BBC Southern Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. ...

The Original Schedule

Monday-Friday 6.00 John Terrett. 9.00 Julian Clegg (As BBC Radio Sussex). 12.00 Steve Watts. 1.00 Ian Collington (As BBC Radio Sussex). 2.00 Miranda Birch (As BBC Radio Sussex). 4.00 Clair Paul. 7.00 Steve Riches (BBC South & East Network). 10.00 Brian Hayes (BBC South & East Network).

Saturday 7.00 Stewart Mackintosh (BBC Radio Sussex). 10.00 Steve Watts. 1.00 As BBC Radio 5. 6.00 As BBC Radio Sussex.

Sunday 7.00 Margaret Collingwood. 9.00 Nick Simmonds. 12.00 As BBC Radio Sussex.