BBC Radio Gloucestershire

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Gloucestershire


city = Gloucester
area = Gloucestershire
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airdate = November 1988
frequency = 95 FM, 95.8 FM, 104.7 FM, 1413 MW
reach = 22%
reach as of = June 2008
reach 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 West
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/local_radio/index.shtml BBC Radio Gloucestershire]

BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on October 3, 1988. It broadcasts from its studios in London Rd, Gloucester on 95 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester), 104.7 (Gloucester, Cheltenham & Tewkesbury) FM and 1413 in the Cotswolds & Forest of Dean AM. You can also listen via the internet.

Transmitters

The main transmitter is 104.7FM, broadcasting from Churchdown Hill near to jct 11 on the M5. The transmitter is not particularly high, is next to two mobile phone masts, and has a power of 2KW. The transmitter also broadcasts Severn Sound on 102.4 FM & also some of the national radio stations. The station therefore has several infill transmitters on AM and FM. The Stroud transmitter broadcasts on 95.0 FM & serves the Stroud valleys and the Dursley area. This transmitter also has Severn Sound on 103FM. The Cirencester transmitter broadcasts on 95.8FM serving Cirencester and surrounding areas.

From 1992, the station was broadcast only on FM, which did not cover the hilly areas such as the Forest of Dean and Cotswolds which had tuned in on 603MW, so eventually in 1995, after losing all its listeners in these areas, two AM transmitters were switched on to much applause in Bourton-on-the-Water for the Cotswolds and Berkeley Heath for the Forest of Dean.

The station will commence broadcasting on DAB digital radio ( via the Muxco local multiplex ) in 2009. The [http://www.muxco.com/images/transmission-gloucs.jpgDAB transmitters] are planned to be located at Churchdown, Stroud, Icomb Hill (Bourton-on-the-water) and Blunsdon (South Cotswolds)

Programming

aturdays

*0500-0600 Radio Five Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-0900 Tom Lowe
*0900-1200 Faye Hatcher
*1200-1430 Richard Atkins
*1430-1800 Matchday with Steve Kitchen
*1800-2000 Geoff Barker - "Rock 'N' Roll Party"
*2000-2200 David Lowe - "As Time Goes By"
*2200-0100 Kirstin Neilson-Hunter
*0100-0500 Radio Five Live: "Up All Night"

undays

*0500-0600 Radio Five Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-0900 Richard Atkins
*0900-1200 Vernon Harwood
*1200-1400 Tom Lowe
*1400-1500 Pete Wilson
*1500-1600 Johnny Coppin - "Folk Roots"
*1600-1900 Manny Masih & Paul Moss - "Face to Face"
*1900-2000 Phillip Hunt - "Sounds of Brass"
*2000-2200 David Lowe - "Swingers & Singers"
*2200-0100 Douglas Mounce
*0100-0500 Radio Five Live: "Up All Night"

Weekdays

*0500-0600 "Early Breakfast" with Kate Clark
*0600-0900 Mark Cummings at Breakfast
*0900-1200 John Rockley
*1200-1500 Steve Kitchen
*1500-1700 David Smith
*1700-1900 Anna King
*1900-2200 Keith Warmington - "Access All Areas"
*2200-0100 Trevor Fry
*0100-0500 Radio Five Live: "Up All Night"

Regular daytime cover presenters include Mike George, Vernon Harwood, John Hellings, and Chris Sandys.

From 7pm - 1am each weekday, all BBC local radio stations in the BBC West region simulcast the same programming. At weekends, BBC West networked programming is also broadcast on BBC Local Radio stations in the South West of England and the Channel Islands.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/local_radio/ BBC Radio Gloucestershire]
* [http://bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire BBC Gloucestershire]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2007/02/15/dab_feature.shtml BBC Radio Gloucestershire on DAB]
* [http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKGloucestershire.htm History of local radio in Gloucestershire.]
* [http://www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com/mds975/txmaps/glos.html MDS975's Transmitter Coverage.]
* [http://www.muxco.com/images/transmission-gloucs.jpgProposed DAB transmission area.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/berkeley-heath.php Berkeley Heath transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/bourton-on-the-water.php Bourton-on-the-Water transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/churchdown-hill.php Churchdown Hill transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/cirencester.php Cirencester transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/stroud.php Stroud transmitter.]