BFBS Lisburn

British Forces Broadcasting Service in Northern Ireland is based at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn. BFBS Northern Ireland is available on 1287 AM in military Bases across the Province & on 100.6 FM in the Lisburn city area.

The station was launched at 10:06am on Monday 8 May 2006 with local school pupil Ceri McNelly being the first voice heard on-air.

chedule

BFBS Radio Northern Ireland broadcasts 24 hours a day. The presenter line-up is:

Weekdays

*6:30-10am Jonny Ferguson
*10-12pm Eddie Castle
*12-2pm Heidi Secker
*2-4pm Aidan Donovan (fri- Dan Siron)
*4-6pm Paul Wisdom
*6-9pm Annwen
*9-1am Wez Thompson

Weekends

Saturday
*7 - 10am Aidan Donovan, Eddie Castle or Paul Wisdom
*10 - 12am George Ellis or Dan Siron

Sunday
*7am - 9am Steven Law
*2pm - 5pm Mike Reid
*5pm - 8pm Paul Wisdom - Chart Show
*12am - 2am Eddie Castle - Club Chill

BFBS NI Reception

FM100.6 MHz Lisburn air date: June 2006Further Community Stations with local and shared programmes across the Province began broadcasting on 5th March 2008.101.0 MHz Holywood106.5 MHz Aldergrove Antrim107.5 MHz Ballykinler

DTTlive programmes through 'freeview' around the world

Online
* [http://www.ssvc.com/bfbs/radio/streaming/bfbs4.asx]

BFBS Northern Ireland also used to broadcast on AM as the first ever forces station in the UK (since 1994)These services remain for the moment:
Ballykelly Soon to shut down due to base closure on 12th March 2008.
Aldergrove Fm provision
Holywood Fm provision
Ballykinler Fm provision

Girdwood(until closure August 2005)
Omagh(until closure 11th August 2006)
Portadown(until closure June 2006)
Ballymena(until closure 3rd April 2007)
Bessbrook(until closure June 2007)and Crossmaglen/Forkhill bases in South Armagh until closure-2006.
Lisburn (until Fm provision May 2006)