BBC Radio Jersey

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Jersey

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city = St Helier
area = Jersey
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slogan =
airdate = March 15, 1982
frequency = 88.8 FM, 1026 AM
share = 29.5%
share as of = March 2008
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
format = Local news, talk and music
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owner = BBC Local Radio,
BBC South West
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/bbc_in_jersey/index.shtml BBC Radio Jersey]

BBC Radio Jersey is the BBC Local Radio service for the Channel Island of Jersey. It broadcasts from its studios at 18-21 Parade Road in St Helier on 88.8 FM, 1026 AM as well as online at [http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey bbc.co.uk/jersey] .

BBC Radio Jersey first aired on 15 March 1982, when it was opened by George Howard, then chairman of the BBC. It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon in St Helier, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994. The current managing editor of BBC Radio Jersey is Denzil Dudley.

BBC Radio Jersey broadcasts from 06:00 with Jersey Today and runs through until 19:00 when regional evening programming takes over.

BBC Radio Jersey also broadcasts live coverage of the States of Jersey every other week on its Medium Wave frequency 1026.

BBC Radio Jersey shares premises with Spotlight Channel Islands and the BBC Jersey Where I Live site and is part of the BBC South West region.

Programming

The BBC Radio Jersey weekday line-up takes a similar form to many other BBC Local Radio stations.

aturday

*0500-0600 Radio 5 Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-0900 "Jersey Today" with Lisa Gautier
*0900-1200 "The Saturday Show" with Phil Taylor
*1200-1400 Ted Reynolds
*1400-1405 "La Lettre Jèrriaise" (in Jèrriais)
*1405-1410 "Polish News" with Paulina Lawida
*1410-1415 "Portuguese News" with Manuel Martins
*1415-1500 "Introducing Jersey" with Ryan Morrison and Claire Peters
*1400-1800 Radio 5 Live: "Five Live Sport"
*1800-2000 "Geoff Barker's Rock and Roll Party" (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset, Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall and Radio Guernsey)
*2000-2200 "As Time Goes By" with David Lowe (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset, Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall and Radio Guernsey)
*2200-0100 Kirstin Neilson-Hunter (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset and Radio Devon)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

aturday Medium Wave schedule

*0500-1800 As Radio Jersey FM
*1800-2000 Radio 5 Live: "6-0-6"
*2000-2200 Radio 5 Live: "The Weekend News"
*2200-0100 Radio 5 Live: Stephen Nolan
*0100-0500 As Radio Jersey FM

unday

*0500-0600 Radio 5 Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-0800 "Jersey Today" with Lisa Gautier
*0800-0930 Tim Pollard
*0930-1000 "Sportscene"
*1000-1200 "Talkback"
*1200-1500 Matthew Price
*1500-1700 Graham Danton (simulcast with Radio Devon)
*1700-1800 "Showtime" with Douglas Mounce (simulcast with Radio Devon)
*1800-1900 "Big Al's Country" with Alex Benford (simulcast with Radio Devon)
*1900-2000 "Sounds of Brass" with Philip Hunt (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset, Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall and Radio Guernsey)
*2000-2200 "Swingers and Singers" with David Lowe (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset, Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall and Radio Guernsey)
*2200-0100 "The Late Show" with Douglas Mounce (simulcast with Radio Bristol, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Swindon, Radio Wiltshire, BBC Somerset, Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall and Radio Guernsey)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

unday Medium Wave schedule

*0500-1500 As Radio Jersey FM
*1500-1900 Radio 5 Live: "Five Live Sport"
*1900-2000 Radio 5 Live: "The Weekend Business"
*2000-2200 Radio 5 Live: "The Weekend News"
*2200-0100 Radio 5 Live: Stephen Nolan
*0100-0500 As Radio Jersey FM

Weekdays

*0500-0530 Radio 5 Live: "Morning Reports"
*0530-0600 Radio 5 Live: "Wake Up to Money"
*0600-0900 "Jersey Today" with Roger Bara
*0900-1200 Carrie Cooper and Sara Palmer
*1200-1300 Roger Bara
*1300-1600 Tony Gillham
*1600-1800 "Jersey at Four" with Chris Stone
*1800-2200 Duncan Warren (simulcast with Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall & Radio Guernsey)
*2200-0100 John Govier (simulcast with Radio Devon, Radio Cornwall & Radio Guernsey)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

Weekday Medium Wave schedule

*0500-1905 As Radio Jersey FM
*1905-2200 Radio 5 Live: "Five Live Sport"
*2200-0100 Radio 5 Live: Richard Bacon
*0100-0500 As Radio Jersey FM

Networked and simulcast programming

A number of evening and weekend programmes are simulcast with BBC Local Radio stations in the South West and West regions on Radio Jersey's FM frequencies. A number of Radio 5 Live programmes are also simulcast.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radiojersey/ BBC Radio Jersey]
* [http://www.mediauk.com/radio/304 Media UK - BBC Radio Jersey]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/daylist.cgi?service_id=50231&DAY=Today What's on BBC Radio Jersey]