BBC Radio Sheffield

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Sheffield


city = Sheffield
area = South Yorkshire and the North Midlands
branding =
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airdate = November 15 1967
frequency = 88.6 MHz, 94.7 MHz, 104.1 MHz, 1035 kHz, DAB
share = 12.7%
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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class =
callsign_meaning =
owner = BBC Local Radio,
BBC Yorkshire
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/radio_sheffield/ BBC Radio Sheffield]

BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and the north Midlands. It was the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2007/09/27/40th_birthday.shtml second] BBC local radio station, beginning on 15 November 1967. It broadcasts from its studios in Sheffield on 88.6 (Crosspool, Sheffield), 94.7 (Chesterfield), 104.1 FM, 1035 AM and DAB. It is also now available through live streaming on the internet.

The jingles used on the station are the same as Radio Berkshire, provided by [http://www.bespokemusic.co.uk Bespoke Music] of Penryn.

Transmitters

The strongest 104.1FM signal is broadcast at 2,500ft from the Holme Moss transmitter (actually in West Yorkshire, on the border with Derbyshire), enabling the signal to be clearly heard over much of Derbyshire and north Nottinghamshire in the Worksop area.The Crosspool transmitter on Tapton Hill also has Hallam FM on 97.4FM, Galaxy 105 on 105.6FM and Real Radio on 107.7FM. The Chesterfield transmitter also has Peak FM on 107.4FM. The Chesterfield signal can be heard as far south on the M1 as Copt Oak. The Broadfield Road transmitter in Sheffield is between the A621 and the A61 behind Heeley swimming pool. DAB radio signals have come from the EMAP South Yorkshire 11C multiplex from the transmitters at Clifton (next to the M18 east of Rotherham) and Tapton Hill (Sheffield) since November 2000. EMAP own Hallam FM.

Programming

Notable weekday programming includes "The Early Show" with Steve White, "The Bigger Breakfast" with Toby Foster, middays with Gareth Evans, "Rony's Forum" with Rony Robinson, Howard Presman, BBC Asian Network simulcast, "Football Heaven" phone-in, Russell Walker (simulcast with Radio Leeds and Radio York, and Radio 5 Live's "Up All Night".

ee also

* BBC Local Radio
* BBC Night Network
* Tony Capstick
* Diana Luke
* BBC Radio Leeds
* BBC Radio York
* Hallam FM, the commercial rival

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/community/radio_sheffield/index.shtml BBC Radio Sheffield website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2007/10/19/first_football_phone_in.shtml Praise or Grumble History]
* [http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKYorks.htm History of local radio in Yorkshire]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.allen43/main_pages/BBC%20Sheffield.htm David's Transmitter World]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sheffield-mf.php Broadfield Road transmitter]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chesterfield.php Chesterfield transmitter]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/clifton.php Clifton (Digital)]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sheffield.php Crosspool transmitter]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/holmemoss/index.php Holme Moss transmitter]

Audio clips

* [http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/ukg-bbc_radio_sheffield_131101.m3u 2001 Jingle]
* [http://www.bespokemusic.co.uk/tracks/bbc-sheffield-broad.mp3 Jingle package]