BBC Radio Guernsey

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BBC Radio Guernsey
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Broadcast area Bailiwick of Guernsey
Frequency FM: 93.2 MHz (Guernsey)
FM: 99.0 MHz (Alderney)
AM: 1116 kHz (Guernsey)
DAB+: 12A
Freeview: 721
RDS BBC GNSY
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Local news, talk and music
Ownership
Owner BBC Local Radio,
BBC South West
History
First air date
16 March 1982
Technical information
Licensing authority
 Ofcom
Links
Website BBC Radio Guernsey

BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

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It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Bulwer Avenue in St Sampson.

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 12,000 listeners and a 10.2% share as of December 2023. [1]

Overview

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Publicity sticker: Learn Guernésiais with the BBC – BBC Guernsey – Your voice in the Islands

BBC Radio Guernsey has grown from a small part-time radio operation in the early 1980s into a full tri-media broadcaster, providing locally produced radio, online and TV services. Each week, the station broadcasts 40 hours of local programming ranging from news and current affairs to music and conversation.

Like other BBC enterprises in Guernsey, funding comes primarily from television licence fees collected in Guernsey itself. [2]

In recent years, local output has been reduced to eight hours on weekdays, coinciding with an increase in regional programming shared with sister station BBC Radio Jersey.

In addition to its FM and AM frequencies, the station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 721 and streams online via BBC Sounds. Transmissions on DAB began on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the Channel Islands DAB multiplex, on which BBC Radio Jersey also broadcasts, alongside BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra, a part-time stream carrying the station's AM opt-out content (chiefly parliamentary coverage), and a similar opt-out for Radio Jersey. The stations are the first BBC stations to use the DAB+ standard – at the time of launch, all stations on the BBC National DAB multiplex, and all other BBC Local Radio stations on the UK mainland, used the earlier DAB format.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's St Sampson's studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays.

Regional programming for the Channel Islands, shared with BBC Radio Jersey, airs from: 2pm to 10pm on Mondays/Fridays 2pm to 6pm Tuesdays/Wednesdays 2pm to 8pm on Thursdays 6am to 8pm on Saturdays 6am to 6pm on Sundays Off-peak programming originates from BBC Radio Cornwall in Truro, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio London

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

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References

  1. ↑ "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "TV licences". Guernsey Post. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

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