BBC Radio York
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BBC Radio York is the BBC Local Radio service for English county of North Yorkshire. It broadcasts from its studios in York on 95.5 (Olivers Mount, Scarborough), 103.7 (Acklam Wold near Leavening, midway between York and Driffield near the A166) and 104.3 (Woolmoor, near Upsall four miles north of Thirsk close to the A19 - for Harrogate, Northallerton and the Yorkshire Dales) FM, 666 (Fulford), 1260 (Scarborough) AM and by Real Player from their website. It is not on DAB yet. It started on July 4th 1983.
Acklam Wold is the strongest frequency on 103.7FM which is for Ryedale and the Vale of York, and the 140ft transmitter also has the commercial station, Minster FM on 104.7FM. The Olivers Mount transmitter also has Yorkshire Coast Radio on 96.2FM, as well as television and national radio frequencies.
Presenters
BBC Radio York Presenters include:
- Adam Tomlinson
- Alex Hall
- Alan Watkiss
- Anna Wallace
- James Watt
- David Dunning
- Dr Rock
- Elly Fiorentini
- Jerry Scott
- Jonathan Cowap
- Jules Bellerby
- Julia Booth
- Nigel Harrison
- Sandie Dunleavy
- Sharon Shortle
- Michael Brothwell
- William Jenkyns
- Les Gunn
Source: Radio York Website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radioyork/presenters/index.shtml)
Good programmes include Alex Hall's late night call-in, weekdays and Sunday from 10pm until 1am, and Martin Kelner on Friday and Saturday from 10pm until 1am both of which are pan-Yorkshire broadcasts. Programmes on weekdays from 7pm until 10pm are also shared across Yorkshire on BBC local radios Humberside, Sheffield and Leeds.
Not be confused with: the University of York's University Radio York
External links
- BBC Radio York (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radioyork)
- Media UK - BBC Radio York (http://www.mediauk.com/radio/289)
- History of local radio in Yorkshire. (http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKYorks.htm)
- Early Radio York logo. (http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/radio/RadioYork.jpg)
- Early Radio York jingles. (http://www.jinglemad.com/audio/tanner-york.mp3)
- 1980s jingles. (http://www.jinglemad.com/audio/york85.mp3)
- More 1980s jingles. (http://www.jinglenetwork.info/audio/yorknews86.mp3)
- 1990s jingles. (http://www.jinglemad.com/audio/york91.mp3)
- Acklam Wold transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/acklam-wold.asp)
- Fulford transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/fulford.asp)
- Olivers Mount transmitter. (http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/olivers-mount.asp)Template:BBC-stub
