The Bay (radio station)
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| City of license | Lancaster |
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| Broadcast area | North Lancashire and South Cumbria |
| Frequency | 96.9 MHz, 102.3 MHz and 103.2 MHz |
| First air date | 1 March 1993[1] |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 17.60 % (December 2011, [2]) |
| Owner | CN Group |
| Website | http://www.thebay.co.uk/ |
The Bay is a British radio station owned by the CN Group broadcasting from the city of Lancaster to the region of North Lancashire and the South Lakes, in North West England. It derives its name from the sand banks of Morecambe Bay, above which the main 96.9 MHz transmitter is located. Other transmitters are located near the Lake District towns of Windermere (102.3) and Kendal (103.2), near the A684. Shows on The Bay include: The Bay Breakfast with Danny Matthews, Through your Workday with Cooky, The Bay Drive Time with Darren Milby, 70's Saturday with Derek Marks and The Bay Goalzone with Dave Salmon.
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[edit] Coverage
The Bay serves around 292,000 people with the majority of the audience being in the district of the City of Lancaster (pop. 133,914), with the largest settlement being Barrow-in-Furness (pop. c. 60,000), Lancaster (45,952), Kendal (pop. 27,521) and Ulverston (pop. 11,210) see also the districts of South Lakeland and the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.
[edit] Awards
On 17 June 2010, it was announced[3] that the station had won the following "Arqiva commercial radio awards 2010"
- Station of the Year
- Local Sales Team of the Year
[edit] Presenters
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[edit] Past presenters
| Dave Collins (ex-Programme Controller) | Lorna Bancroft | Dan Beale | Mark Blackman | Richard Bond | Ross Burrill | Carlos |
| Kenni James (ex-Programme Controller) | Nigel Clarkson | Andy Cook | Liz Ellis | Steve Farrell | Jill Flood | Simon Foy |
| Phil Rodgers (ex-Programme Controller) | Polly Garside | John Gillmore | Carl Greenwood | Dan Harper | Tom Harrison | Carl Hughes |
| Brendan Kearney | Andy Lawson | Clive Lee | Mark Leigh | Ben Lucas | Nick Margerrison | |
| Roy Martin | Helen McGill | John McKenzie | Dave Miller | Jon Milligan | Chris Milow | Ann Marie Palmer |
| DJ Pep[4] | Dave Richards | Maddie Savage | Mike Shaft | Ian "Shep" Shepherd | Louise Stewart | Sally Stone |
| Peter Storry | John Tudor | Dave Turley | Lynsey Kerr | Ian Calvert | Amanda Wilcox | Dave Worral |
| Rhiannon Yhnell | Phil Johnson | Sally Moon | Pat Gibson | Marc Henry | John Seddon |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Radio Authority Pocket Handbook. Radio Authority. June 2003. p. 33.
- ^ Radio Joint Audience Research
- ^ "ARQIVA COMMERCIAL RADIO AWARDS 2010 WINNERS ANNOUNCED". http://www.ppluk.com/Documents/Press%20Releases/The%20Arqiva%20Commercial%20Radio%20Awards%202010%20winners%20announced%2017%2006%2010.pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ Real name Johnny Pep, appeared on Channel 4's Come Dine With Me in 2011
[edit] External links
- The Bay official site
- History of radio in Lancashire
- Kendal transmitter
- Morecambe Bay transmitter
- Windermere transmitter
Coordinates: 54°03′15″N 2°48′25″W / 54.054215°N 2.806922°W
