BBC Radio Swindon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English town of Swindon. It broadcasts from its studios in Swindon (which it shares with Radio Wiltshire) on 103.6 FM and DAB. There is no MW service, this being kept by Radio Wiltshire, which has a much wider area. It has been partially separate from its Wiltshire media cousin since 11th November 2002. 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... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Swindon is a large town of Wiltshire, England, located in the South West of the UK (between London and Bristol). ... Swindon is a large town of Wiltshire, England, located in the South West of the UK (between London and Bristol). ... BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Wiltshire. ... 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. ...

The transmitter at Blunsdon, 2 miles north of Swindon next to a large hill on the A419 with a terrain height of 450ft, is not particular strong so as to not interfere with the more powerful 103.7FM signal of BBC WM near Shipston on Stour - for the convenience of listeners of BBC WM (Coventry & Warwickshire) not Radio Swindon. The A419(T) is an English dual carriageway trunk road between Swindon, Wiltshire, and Cirencester, Gloucestershire. ... Warwickshire, showing the location of the town. ... BBC WM (Coventry and Warwickshire) is the BBC Local Radio service for Coventry and Warwickshire. ...

Radio Wiltshire and Radio Swindon have different morning programmes but share the same early afternoon programmes. Unlike some gentle-mannered BBC local radio stations that insist on playing everything safe, Radio Swindon can often make you choke on your coffee, taking no prisoners. Maybe its competitor, GWR FM (Swindon), has fired their imaginations. BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Wiltshire. ... GWR FM (Swindon) See also GWR FM (Bristol & Bath) Categories: Station stubs | UK Radio Stations ...

In the evening, from 7pm until 10pm, the station shares programmes with those BBC local radio stations in the Points West BBC News area. From 10pm until 1am, all BBC local radio stations in the South West have the same programme. Being in the east of Wiltshire, Swindon listeners can clearly pick up Radio Oxford and it is possible to receive the Milton Keynes Three Counties Radio. A bridge over the river Avon at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... BBC Radio Oxford is a BBC Local Radio station, which opened on October 29, 1970. ... BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to as Beds, Herts and Bucks). It broadcasts from its studios in Luton on 95. ...

External links

• BBC Radio Swindon (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radioswindon/)
• Media UK - BBC Radio Swindon (http://www.mediauk.com/radio/565)
• History of local radio in Wiltshire. (http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKWiltshire.htm)
• MDS975's Transmitter map. (http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/r/arar93/mds975/txmaps/wiltshire.html)
• Blunsdon transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/blunsdon.asp)