BBC Radio Berkshire

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BBC Radio Berkshire
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Broadcast area Berkshire, northern Hampshire, parts of Buckinghamshire and parts of southern Oxfordshire
Frequency FM: 94.6 MHz (Henley and Marlow)
FM: 95.4 MHz (Slough, Maidenhead, Windsor and East Berkshire)
FM: 104.1 MHz (Basingstoke and West Berkshire)
FM: 104.4 MHz (Reading)
DAB: 12D
Freeview: 719
RDS BBCBERKS
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Local news, talk and music
Ownership
Owner BBC Local Radio,
BBC South,
BBC London
History
First air date
21 January 1992
Former names
 BBC Thames Valley FM (1996–2000)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 Ofcom
Links
Website BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Berkshire and surrounding areas.

Contents

It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds studios at Thames Valley Park near Reading.

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 73,000 listeners and a 2.5% share as of December 2023. [1]

History

BBC Radio Berkshire was launched on 21 January 1992, initially as a part-time station, broadcasting for part of the weekday and weekend mornings with BBC Radio Oxford carried at all other times. Due to financial cutbacks, BBC Director-General John Birt announced that it was to merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to become BBC Thames Valley FM. On 14 February 2000, the two stations became separate once again.

In November 2018, BBC Radio Berkshire moved from Caversham Park House – which the station shared with BBC Monitoring – to new purpose-built studios at Thames Valley Park on the outskirts of Reading.

Awards

BBC Radio Berkshire was named Station of the Year in the 2012 Frank Gillard Awards, also winning in the Sports Coverage category for its coverage of Olympic rowing at Eton Dorney. Andrew Peach won silver in both the Programme Presenter and The Ultimate Hot Seat categories. [2]

In the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards, the Andrew Peach programme won bronze in the category Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million). [3]

The Andrew Peach Show was named Best Local Radio Show in the UK at the 2021 Radio Academy ARIA Awards.

Technical

The Hannington transmitter for BBC Radio Berkshire's 104.1 FM frequency is located on Cottington Hill (close to Watership Down). The 104.1 FM signal can be heard over most of Hampshire, certainly more than BBC Radio Solent. The 104.4 FM signal comes from the Fountain House transmitter in Reading. The 94.6 FM signal comes from the Henley-on-Thames transmitter. The 95.4 FM signal comes from the Windsor transmitter.

Since 31 July 2004, DAB broadcasts have come from the NOW Digital Berkshire & North Hampshire 12D multiplex from Coppid Beech (at the junction of the B3408 and A329(M) in west Bracknell), Hannington and Hemdean (just north of Caversham). The Basingstoke DAB transmitter (between Cliddesden and Winslade near the A339 in Hampshire) was added on 3 October 2005.

Since June 2016, the station has been available on Freeview TV channel 719 in the BBC South and BBC London regions . [4] It also streams online via BBC Sounds.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Reading studios from 6 am to 10 pm on Sundays to Fridays and from 6 am to 6 pm and 8 pm to 10 pm on Saturdays.

Off-peak programming originates from BBC Radio Solent in Southampton.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Berkshire simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live

Presenters

Notable current presenters

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References

  1. ↑ "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Berkshire wins Gillard Station of the Year". Radio Today. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sony Radio Academy Awards > The Winners 2013 > Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)". The Radio Academy. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "BBC Local Radio services". Digital UK. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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