BBC Radio Nottingham

BBC Radio Nottingham
Nottingham ;
Broadcast area	Nottinghamshire
Frequency	FM: 95.1 MHz (Newark); FM: 95.5 MHz (Mansfield); FM: 103.8 MHz (Nottingham); DAB: 12C (NOW Nottingham); Freeview: 720
RDS	BBCNOTTM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Local news, talk and music
Ownership
Owner	BBC Local Radio,; BBC East Midlands
History
First air date	31 January 1968
Former frequencies	1584 MW
Technical information
Licensing authority	Ofcom
Links
Website	BBC Radio Nottingham

Last updated February 28, 2024

BBC Radio Nottingham is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Nottinghamshire.

Technical

Radio Nottingham is broadcast on three FM frequencies:

103.8 to Nottingham and south Nottinghamshire, from Mapperley Ridge in north Nottingham
95.5 to Mansfield from Fishponds Hill
95.1 to Newark from Beacon Hill (since January 2004)

The Mansfield signal is strong enough to be heard as far north as Scunthorpe, far outside Nottinghamshire. The Nottingham signal may be heard as far south as Leicester.

Since 30 April 2004, the station has been available on DAB from the NDEM (NOW Digital East Midlands) Nottingham 12C multiplex from Waltham (main signal and in Leicestershire), Mapperley Ridge and Fishponds Hill (since July 2006).

The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 720 in both the BBC East Midlands region and the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region and streams online via BBC Sounds.

The station used to broadcast a AM medium wave signal on 1584 kHz, from Clipstone, near Mansfield, until 25 January 2018 when the transmitter was turned off. This followed a trial, to determine if listeners would miss or complain about the loss of services on medium wave, from 17 August to 24 September 2012 when BBC Radio Nottingham stopped broadcasting its programmes on medium wave, instead directing listeners to FM or DAB.^[2]

North Nottinghamshire, covering the district of Bassetlaw including the towns of Retford and Worksop, is officially covered by BBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1 FM from the Holme Moss transmitter. Although editorially, news for this area is covered by BBC Radio Nottingham, and FM reception (and to a lesser extent, DAB and Freeview) is possible in these areas.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Nottingham studios from 6 am to 10 pm on Mondays to Thursdays and from 6 am to 1 am on Fridays to Sundays.

On Monday to Thursday nights, the 10 pm to 1 am late show, originates from BBC Radio WM. At weekends, the station's evening output is simulcast with BBC Radio Derby and BBC Radio Leicester.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Nottingham simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London.

Presenters

Former notable presenters

Mansfield's Richard Bacon began his broadcasting career at this station.
Matthew Bannister, former late night host on BBC Radio 5 Live, worked as a reporter in 1978.
Comedian Boothby Graffoe had a weekly show for a short time in the late 1980s.
Simon Mayo began his radio career here where he worked for four years in 1982, moving to BBC Radio 1 in May 1986.
Dennis McCarthy, who continued broadcasting on the station (despite falling ill) until the afternoon he died.
John Simons worked on the station in the late 1980s. He went on to be the Group Programme Director for GMG Radio.

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References

↑ "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
↑ "BBC confirms local radio medium wave closures". January 2018.

External links

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[1] "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[2] "BBC confirms local radio medium wave closures". January 2018.

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