BBC Radio Ulster

BBC Radio Ulster

Belfast
Broadcast area	Northern Ireland
Frequency	FM: 92–95 MHz MW: 1341 kHz and 873 kHz DAB Freeview: 719 (NI only) Freesat: 716 Sky (UK only): 0118 Virgin Media: 932 Virgin Media Ireland: 906 Online: [1]
Programming
Format	News, Music, Sport, Comedy
Ownership
Owner	BBC, BBC Northern Ireland
History
First air date	1 January 1975
Links
Webcast	WMA
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

BBC Radio Ulster (Irish: BBC Raidió Uladh) is the BBC's Northern Irish radio station, broadcasting from Broadcasting House on Ormeau Avenue in Belfast city centre. It is a division of BBC Northern Ireland.

It is the most widely listened to radio station in Northern Ireland with a diverse range of programmes, including news, talk, features, music and sport. News bulletins are broadcast usually on the hour seven days a week from 6:30 am until midnight.

BBC Radio Ulster was established in January 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4 (previously the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service) and as a result of the BBC's widely regarded under-reporting of the UWC Strike in May 1974.

An opt-out of the station exists in Derry, BBC Radio Foyle, carrying alternative programming and news for much of the time between 7:30am and 5:00pm weekdays and a few hours at the weekend. The station is also broadcast on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and on the Internet. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Ulster simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live programming (weekdays from 12:00am–6:30am, Saturdays from 12:00am–6:45am and Sundays from 12:00am–7:00am).

Funding

The BBC reported in the Annual Report for 2017/18 that Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle operated on a budget of £17.6 million with a 38% reach of the population and that the cost per hour of output was 5.8pence.

Programmes

• Across the Line
• Kerry McLean
• Blas
• Country Afternoon with Hugo Duncan
• Evening Extra
• Gardener's Corner

• Good Morning Ulster
• Jazz Club
• On Your Behalf
• Sounds Classical
• Sunday Sequence
• Radio Ulster Folk Club
• Ralph McLean
• Talkback

• The John Toal Show" John Toal
• The Stephen Nolan Show
• Kim Lenaghan (BBC Radio Ulster)
• The Foodie (BBC Radio Ulster)
• This New Day
• Your Place and Mine
• The Blame Game

Notable presenters

• Wendy Austin
• Tina Campbell (newsreader)
• Sean Coyle
• William Crawley
• Hugo Duncan
• Gerry Kelly
• Kim Lenaghan
• Linda McAuley
• Tim McGarry
• Kerry McLean
• Brian D'Arcy
• Ralph McLean
• Marie-Louise Muir
• Stephen Nolan
• Angie Phillips (weather presenter)
• Rigsy
• John Toal
• Linley Hamilton
• Mickey Bradley
• Seamus McKee
• Stephen Clements (died in January)

External links

• BBC Radio Ulster at BBC Online