BBC Radio Shropshire

Infobox Radio Station
name = BBC Radio Shropshire


city = Shrewsbury
area = Shropshire
branding =
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airdate = 23 April 1985
frequency = 96 MHz, 95 MHz, 104.1 MHz, DAB
share = 13.7%
share as of = March 2008
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
format = Local news, talk and music
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owner = BBC Local Radio,
BBC Midlands
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/local_radio/index.shtml BBC Radio Shropshire]

BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Shropshire. Launched on 23 April 1985 it broadcasts from its studios in Shrewsbury on 96 (in Central and North Shropshire), 90 (from Hazler Hill in Church Stretton), 95 (in Ludlow), 104.1 (in Clun) FM and DAB (digital radio). The radio service also has secondary broadcast premises in nearby Telford.

Transmitters

The 96FM signal from The Wrekin is the strongest, and can be heard from outside the county, especially along the M5 and M6 near Birmingham, as well as into Staffordshire. It can also be received reliably in Wrexham and as a result, throughout North East Wales. The other transmitters have a much weaker signal only heard up to about 6 miles (10 km) away at most. inote|BBC|BBCrange The Wrekin transmitter also broadcasts the commercial station Beacon FM on 103.1FM, Digital One, the MXR West Midlands 12A multiplex and BBC DAB National. The transmitters also have television, and Ludlow has national radio frequencies. DAB signals started on 31 January 2001 from the NOW Digital [http://www.now-digital.co.uk/nuwolverhampton.htm Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford 11B] multiplex. This also has BBC WM and comes from the Wrekin and Turners Hill (near Oldbury and can be seen close to junction 2 of the M5).

Programming

aturdays

*0500-0600 Radio 5 Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-1000 Eric Smith
*1000-1300 Matthew Carr
*1300-1400 The Green Room with Adam Green
*1400-1800 Sport (during the football season)
*1800-2000 "Youth Club Classics" with Mary Fox (networked with Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford and Worcester and BBC WM)
*2000-2200 "Big Bands" with John Hellings (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*2200-0100 Keith Middleton (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

undays

*0500-0600 Radio 5 Live: "Morning Reports"
*0600-0900 "Sunday Special" with Mike George
*0900-1200 Matthew Carr
*1200-1300 "Gardening" with Alan Wilding
*1300-1500 "Sunday Best" with Krissi Carpenter
*1500-1800 Mike George (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*1800-2000 "Sunday Night Rock" with Jim Hawkins (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*2000-2200 "Folk Music" with Genevieve Tudor (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*2200-0100 Keith Middleton (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

Weekdays

*0500-0600 Ian Perry
*0600-0900 "Shropshire Breakfast" with Eric Smith
*0900-1200 Jim Hawkins
*1200-1400 "The Lunchbox" with Colin Young
*1400-1600 Clare Ashford
*1600-1900 John Darvall
*1900-2100 Various programming
*2100-0000 "The Late Show" with Rob Underwood (networked in the West and East Midlands, except BBC WM)
*0000-1000 Radio 5 Live: Richard Bacon (Monday - Thursday) / Stephen Nolan (Friday)
*0100-0500 Radio 5 Live: "Up All Night"

Weekday 7pm variations

*Monday: "Country Music" with Marie Crichton
*Tuesday: "Extra Time" with James Bond
*Wednesday: "Jazz Beat" with Chris Gumbley (networked with Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
*Thursday: "Soul & Disco" with Colin Young
*Friday: "The Friday Night Gerbil" with Adam Green & Josh Withey

A number of evening and networked programmes, including the weekday "Late Show" with Rob Underwood (broadcast from Nottingham) are simulcast with counterpart BBC Local Radio stations in the Midlands. After closedown, Radio 5 Live programming is simulcast - namely "Up All Night" every night, the third hour of the Richard Bacon show from Monday to Thursday, "Morning Reports" on Saturday & Sunday mornings and the third hour of the Stephen Nolan show on Friday.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/local_radio BBC Radio Shropshire]
* [http://www.mediauk.com/radio/282 Media UK - BBC Radio Shropshire]
* [http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKShropshire.htm History of local radio in Shropshire.]
* [http://www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com/mds975/txmaps/shropshire.html MDS975's Transmitter Coverage.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/clun.php Clun transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hazler-hill.php Hazler Hill transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/ludlow.php Ludlow transmitter.]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/turners-hill.php Turners Hill (Digital)]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/the-wrekin.php Wrekin transmitter.]

Audio clips

* [http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/ukg-bbc_radio_shropshire_290102.m3u 2002 jingle]