BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE

' BBC Radio Shropshire' is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Shropshire. Launched on 23 April 1985 it broadcasts from its studios in Shrewsbury on 96 (in Central and North Shropshire), 90 (from Hazler Hill in Church Stretton), 95 (in Ludlow), 104.1 (in Clun) FM and DAB (digital radio).

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Transmitters

Schedule

External links

Transmitters

The 96FM signal from The Wrekin is the strongest, and can be heard from outside the county, especially along the M5 and M6 near Birmingham, as well as into Staffordshire. It can also be received reliably in Wrexham and as a result, throughout North East Wales. The other transmitters have a much weaker signal only heard up to about 6 miles (10 km) away at most. The Wrekin transmitter also broadcasts the commercial station Beacon FM on 103.1FM, Digital One, the MXR West Midlands 12A multiplex and BBC DAB National. The transmitters also have television, and Ludlow has national radio frequencies. DAB signals started on 31 January 2001 from the NOW Digital Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford 11B multiplex. This also has BBC WM and comes from the Wrekin and Turners Hill (near Oldbury and can be seen close to junction 2 of the M5).

Schedule

Saturdays

★ 6.00am Eric Smith

★ 10.00 Matthew Carr

★ 1.00 The Green Room

★ 2.00pm James Bond ''with live match commentary on every Shrewsbury Town game''

★ 6.00 John Platt - ''Network Gold''

★ 8.00 John Hellings - ''Big Bands''

★ 10.00 Keith Middleton

★ 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live
Sundays

★ 6.00am John Darvill - ''Sunday Special''

★ 9.00 Matthew Carr

★ 12.00 Alan Wilding - ''Gardening''

★ 1.00pm Krissi Carpenter - ''Sunday Best''

★ 3.00pm Mike George

★ 6.00 Jim Hawkins - ''Sunday Night Rock''

★ 8.00 Genevieve Tudor - ''Folk Music''

★ 10.00 Keith Middleton

★ 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live
Weekdays

★ 5.00am Ian Perry

★ 6.00 Eric Smith - ''Shropshire Breakfast''

★ 9.00 Jim Hawkins

★ 12.00 Colin Young - ''The Lunchbox''

★ 2.00pm Clare Ashford

★ 4.00 Sam Hatton

★ 7.00 - 9.00 ''See Below''

★ 9.00 Rob Underwood

★ 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live
Mondays

★ 7.00 Marie Crichton - ''Country Music''
Tuesdays

★ 7.00 James Bond - ''Extra Time''
Wednesdays

★ 7.00 Mel Hill - ''Jazz''
Thursdays

★ 7.00 Colin Young - ''Soul & Disco''
Fridays

★ 7.00 Adam Green & Josh Withey - ''The Friday Night Gerbil'' - Shropshire's unsigned artists
From 9pm until 1am each weekday, it joins BBC local radio stations in the East Midlands, with the late show from Nottingham.
The local BBC news is Midlands Today.

External links

★ BBC Radio Shropshire

★ Station history

★ Media UK - BBC Radio Shropshire

★ History of local radio in Shropshire.

★ MDS975's Transmitter Coverage.

★ Clun transmitter.

★ Hazler Hill transmitter.

★ Ludlow transmitter.

★ Turners Hill (Digital)

★ Wrekin transmitter.