2BR
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| 2BR | |
| Broadcast area | Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 99.8 MHz |
| Branding | 99.8fm 2BR |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Local Radio Company |
| History | |
First air date | July 25 2000 |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 0.75kW |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Choice of Streams |
| Website | http://www.2br.co.uk |
2BR is a commercial radio station in East Lancashire. It broadcasts from studios in the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson.
The station is broadcast from the Pendle Forest transmitter on Pendle Hill in Newchurch-in-Pendle, near Fence, just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north-west of the studio.
They play a wide variety of music in line with all radio stations owned by Local Radio Company.
The station provides news and sport updates throughout the day as well as traffic updates. The station is also very proud to provide live commentary of all competitive Burnley F.C. matches both home and away.
Programming
99.8fm 2br broadcasts live from its studio's on the lomeshaye business village between 6am-7pm weekdays and on saturdays between 9am-10pm opting out of network between 5pm-8pm for its own party anthems show and between 8pm-10pm for 'Asian Beat'. On Sundays Programming is broadcast from its studio's between 10am-2pm before the station goes into network for 'Money on your mobile' (2pm-4pm) and 'Hit40UK' (4pm-7pm)
Until Recently weekend breakfast shows were also broadcast live from the station but as of 10th May 2008 these were scrapped for network programming by station owners TLRC (The Local Radio Company)
Schedule
Weekdays
6am-10am - Martin Vernon's Breakfast
10am-2pm - Ricky Kirby
2pm-3pm - Non Stop 80's
3pm-7pm - Gemma Baron's Hits n' Headlines Drive
7pm-1am - Various Network Programming
1am-6am - Non Stop 2br
Saturdays
6am-9am - Weekend Breakfast Programme
9am-1pm - Martin Vernon
1pm-5pm - 2br Music & Sport with Steve Joy & Dan Jewell
5pm-8pm - Party Anthems with Ryan Smith
8pm-10pm - Asian Beat
10pm-1am - Various Network Programming
1am-6am - Non Stop 2br
Sundays
6am-10am - Weekend Breakfast Programming
10am-2pm - Gemma Baron
2pm-4pm - Money On Your Mobile
4pm-7pm - Hit40UK with Luccio
7pm-1am - Various Network Programming
1am-6am - Non Stop 2br
Name misnomer
Although the station's name refers to the "2 Boroughs" of Burnley and Pendle, the station also covers Hyndburn. Additionally, the station is known colloquially as "2 Bloody Records" owing to its tendency to replay the same music throughout the day, causing once liked songs to lose their appeal[citation needed].
Broadcasting stations in the United Kingdom do not use callsigns, but as "2" is a prefix assigned by the ITU to callsigns in Great Britain, 2BR is technically a valid radio callsign in the U.K.
External links
- 2BR's Official Website
- Pendle Forest Transmitter (The ILR (Independent Local Radio (Station)) mentioned refers to 2BR.)
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