BBC Radio Lancashire

Broadcast areaLancashireFrequencyFM: 95.5 MHz (Central and East Lancashire)
FM: 103.9 MHz (Central and West Lancashire)
FM: 104.5 MHz (Morecambe Bay)
DAB: 12A
Freeview: 720RDSBBC LancProgrammingLanguage(s)EnglishFormatLocal news, talk and musicOwnershipOwnerBBC Local Radio,
BBC North WestHistory26 January 1971BBC Radio Blackburn (1971–1981)
BBC Lancashire855 MW
1557 MWTechnical informationOfcomLinksWebsiteBBC Radio Lancashire

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

It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Darwen Street in Blackburn.

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 150,000 listeners and a 5.8% share as of December 2023.^[1]

Technical

BBC Radio Lancashire broadcasts on three FM transmitters. The 103.9 FM signal, which covers the central and western parts of the area, comes 529 metres (1,736 ft) high on the Winter Hill transmitter, and its height gives it the greatest coverage over Lancashire. The signal can also be picked up nearby in North Manchester. The station's other FM transmitters cover the eastern part of the county with an additional FM transmitter covering the Morecambe Bay area.

Beginning on 1 October 2001, the DAB signals have come from the EMAP Digital Central Lancashire 12A multiplex located at Winter Hill and Pendle Forest (near Nelson).

The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 720 in the BBC North West region and streams online via BBC Sounds.

Until 17 May 2021, BBC Radio Lancashire was also broadcasting on medium wave.^[2]

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Blackburn studios from 6 am to 10 pm on Sundays to Fridays and from 6 am to 2 am on Saturdays.

The late show, airing from 10 pm to 1 am, is simulcast with BBC Radio Cumbria on Monday to Thursday, and originates from BBC Radio Merseyside on Fridays and BBC Radio Manchester on Saturdays and Sundays.

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

Presenters

Notable former presenters

• Alan Beswick
• Jim Bowen
• Gordon Burns
• John Gillmore
• Richard Hammond
• Tony Livesey
• Andy Peebles
• Martin Roberts
• Ted Robbins
• Norman Thomas

References

External links

• BBC Radio Lancashire
• On the Wire
• North West Radio – BBC Radio Lancashire Memories
• History of local radio in Lancashire
• The former Radio Blackburn
• MDS975's Transmitter Map
• Hameldon Hill transmitter
• Lancaster transmitter
• Oxcliffe transmitter
• Pendle Forest (Digital)
• Winter Hill transmitter

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