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BBC Hereford and Worcester
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| City of license |
Hereford, Worcester |
| Broadcast area |
Herefordshire and Worcestershire |
| Frequency |
104 MHz, 104.4 MHz, 104.6 MHz, 94.7 MHz, 738 kHz, 1584 kHz |
| First air date |
February 14, 1989 |
| Format |
Local news, talk and music |
| Language |
English |
| Audience share |
12% (June 2011, [1]) |
| Owner |
BBC Local Radio,
BBC Midlands |
| Website |
BBC Hereford and Worcester |
BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. It broadcasts from its studios in both Worcester and Hereford on 104 (Worcester), 104.4 (Redditch) 104.6 (Kidderminster) and 94.7 (Hereford) FM; as well as 738 (Worcester) and 1584 (North Herefordshire) MW on AM. Although the short lived administrative County of Hereford and Worcester was abolished in 1996 and reverted to the traditional historic counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the name of the station was not altered to reflect the change.
It serves the rural communities across Herefordshire as well as the more populous Worcestershire with a range of programmes from jazz, classical music, top ten hits to daily local news, everyday discussion and outside broadcasts. When the station first began, Jane Garvey (of Radio Five Live) was one of the team of journalists. A few months later, she took over the Breakfast Show and went on to win a Sony Award with it.
The station began broadcasting on 14 February 1989 (St Valentine's Day), and to mark the unusual, two-centre set-up for the radio station, the first record played was the song Two Hearts by Phil Collins. The original team of presenters included Graham Day (mid-morning), Gill Capewell (afternoons) and Allan Lee (drive). Other staff included Robert Piggott (Now BBC Religious Affairs correspondent), TV newsreader Liz MacKean and former LBC presenter Jeremy Dry. The current[specify] presenting team includes Howard Bentham, Toni McDonald, Tony Fisher, Andrew Easton, Mike George, Andrew Marston, Trevor Owens, Dave Bradley, Wincey Willis, John Hellings, Colin Young, Genevieve Tudor, Jim Hawkins, Mike Wyer, Amanda Bowman and Richard Spurr.
[edit] Transmitters
BBC Hereford and Worcester still transmits on both AM and FM. The original, and two strongest FM transmitters are on 104 FM (Great Malvern, serving Worcestershire) and 94.7 FM (Ridge Hill, between Ross On Wye and Ledbury near Much Marcle, serving Herefordshire), These signals are not particularly powerful, and have limited coverage outside the two counties, unlike stations such as BBC WM. An additional FM transmitter on 104.6 has recently improved coverage in the Kidderminster area & in February 2006, a new transmitter was turned on for Redditch (Headless Cross) on 104.4FM, as reception in the town had been unreliable.
The main AM transmitter on 738 kHz is on the western edge of Worcester and covers most of the two counties. There is a small AM transmitter on 1584 kHz at Woofferton, just south of Ludlow on the A49. Although they have weaker FM signals compared to other BBC local radio transmitters, the 94.7FM signal can be heard clearly in the north of Bristol and even in Weston-super-Mare, as well as along the M4 from the Severn Bridge to Cardiff. The 738MW signal can also be heard in the north of Bristol. The station is one of the few BBC local radio stations that does not broadcast on DAB. Ridge Hill is the main transmitter for BBC National DAB and Digital One in the area. The television transmitter in Bromsgrove has BBC National DAB, Digital One and the MXR West Midlands 12A multiplex.
[edit] Programming
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[edit] Networked and simulcast programming
The station carries networked programming with counterpart BBC local radio stations in the Midlands during late evenings and at weekends. Most networked programming is simulcast with Radio Shropshire and Radio Stoke. The Late Show on weekdays is also carried on stations in the East Midlands, and presented from Nottingham by Amanda Bowman. At the weekend, the late show is presented by Keith Middleton from BBC Radio Shropshire's studios in Shrewsbury.
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198 BBC Radio 4 • 252 RTÉ Radio 1 • 693 BBC Radio 5 Live • 738 BBC Hereford and Worcester • 1053 Talk Sport • 1152 Gold • 1215 Absolute
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