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Encyclopedia > BBC Radio York

BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire. It broadcasts from its studios in York on 95.5 (Olivers Mount, Scarborough), 103.7 (Acklam Wold near Leavening, midway between York and Driffield near the A166) and 104.3 (Woolmoor, near Upsall four miles north of Thirsk close to the A19 - for Harrogate, Northallerton and the Yorkshire Dales) FM, 666 (Fulford), 1260 (Row Brow, Scarborough) AM and by Real Player from their website. It is not on DAB yet. In the north, the BBC local radio stations use EMAP Digital multiplexes. There is an MXR (Chrysalis) multiplex broadcasting from Acklam Wold, who do not broadcast BBC stations. It started on July 4th 1983. BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... This article is on the English seaside resort. ... Driffield, East Yorkshire, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. ... Thirsk is a small market town in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. ... The A19 is a major road in England, running parallel to and east of the A1 road. ... Harrogate is a large town in North Yorkshire, England. ... Northallerton is the county town of North Yorkshire, England. ... A village in the Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, 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... Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, England. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... 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. ... Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 1980s. ... EMAP plc is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Acklam Wold is the strongest frequency on 103.7 which is for Ryedale and the Vale of York, and the 140ft transmitter also has the commercial station, Minster FM on 104.7. The 103.7 signal can be heard as far south as Mansfield, and can be received in West and South Yorkshire. The transmitter used to broadcast on 90.2FM, and another on 97.2. The Olivers Mount transmitter also has Yorkshire Coast Radio on 96.2, as well as television and national radio frequencies. The Woolmoor transmitter has national radio frequencies. Ryedale is a local government district in North Yorkshire in England. ... The Vale of York is the area surrounding the city of York, in the north of England. ... Minster FM Minster FM is a local radio station based in Dunnington near York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire. ... Yorkshire Coast Radio Yorkshire Coast Radio is the name of a commercial local radio station in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ...


Presenters

BBC Radio York Presenters include:

  • Adam Tomlinson
  • Allan Watkiss (Breakfast)
  • Anna Wallace (Breakfast)
  • James Watt
  • Dougie Weake
  • Dr Rock
  • Elly Fiorentini (mid morning)
  • Jerry Scott (afternoon)
  • Jonathan Cowap (drivetime)
  • Jules Bellerby (lunchtime)
  • Julia Booth (lunchtime)
  • Kathryn Apanowicz
  • Martin Kelner
  • Michael Brothwell
  • Neil Foster
  • Nigel Harrison
  • Sandie Dunleavy
  • Sharon Shortle
  • Steve Redgrave (early mornings)

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Evening programmes include weekdays Russell Walker from Leeds, and Martin Kelner on Friday from 10pm until 1am, both of which are pan-Yorkshire broadcasts. Programmes on weeknights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. include North Yorkshire Folk (Wednesday), Hot Country (Thursday) More Raw (Saturday)and Dr Rock. Some of these programmes are also shared across Yorkshire on BBC local radios Humberside, Sheffield and Leeds. Yorkshire is the largest traditional county of Great Britain, covering some 6,000 sq. ... 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 and the East Riding of Yorkshire on April 1st 1996. ... BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. ... BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. ...


Schedule

The current weekday schedule:

  • 0500-0600 The Early Show - Regional Network Programme.
  • 0600-0900 BBC Breakfast - Anna Wallace & Alan Watkiss.
  • 0900-1200 Elly - A consumer affairs and light chat show.
  • 1200-1400 Jules and Julia - Husband and Wife team pair up to present.
  • 1400-1700 Afternoon Show - Jerry Scott presenting from Scarborough.
  • 1700-1900 News Talk - Jonathan Cowap, a more serious news programme, including elements of the old phone in.
  • 1900-2200 Night Network - Regional programming, including Frank Wappat, Cloud 9 & sports programming.
  • 2200-0100 Night Network Late Night Chat - Alex Hall or Martin Kelner.
  • 0100-0500 As BBC Radio 5 Live

External links

  • BBC Radio York
  • Media UK - BBC Radio York
  • History of local radio in Yorkshire.
  • Early Radio York logo.
  • Early Radio York jingles.
  • 1980s jingles.
  • More 1980s jingles.
  • 1990s jingles.
  • Acklam Wold transmitter.
  • Fulford transmitter.
  • Olivers Mount transmitter.
  • Row Brow transmitter.
  • Woolmoor transmitter.
BBC Local Radio stations
BBC Radio Berkshire BBC Radio Bristol BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cleveland BBC Radio Cornwall BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
BBC Radio Cumbria BBC Radio Derby BBC Radio Devon
BBC Essex BBC Radio Gloucestershire BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Guernsey BBC Hereford and Worcester BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Jersey BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Lancashire
BBC Radio Leeds BBC Radio Leicester BBC Radio Lincolnshire
BBC London 94.9 BBC Radio Merseyside BBC Radio Newcastle
BBC Radio Norfolk BBC Radio Northampton BBC Radio Nottingham
BBC Radio Oxford BBC Radio Sheffield BBC Radio Shropshire
BBC Radio Solent BBC Somerset Sound BBC Southern Counties Radio
BBC Radio Stoke BBC Radio Suffolk BBC Radio Swindon
BBC Three Counties Radio BBC WM BBC Radio Wiltshire
BBC Radio York    
Former BBC Local Radio stations
BBC Radio Brighton BBC Radio Bedfordshire BBC Radio Durham
BBC GLR BBC GMR BBC Radio London

  Results from FactBites:
 
BBC Radio York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (310 words)
BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire.
In the north, the BBC local radio stations use EMAP Digital multiplexes.
Acklam Wold is the strongest frequency on 103.7 which is for Ryedale and the Vale of York, and the 140ft transmitter also has the commercial station, Minster FM on 104.7.
York - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (2707 words)
York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss.
Paulinus of York brought Christianity to the region in the early 7th century with the conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria and the first Minster is believed to have been built in 627, although the location of the early Minster is a matter of dispute.
York is an ancient borough, and was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to form a municipal borough.
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