2BR

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2BR

Broadcast area	Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn
Branding	99.8fm 2BR
Slogan	Burnley, Hyndburn & Pendle's 99.8fm 2BR
Frequency	99.8 MHz
First air date	25 July 2000
Format	Contemporary
Audience share	15.3% (December 2009, [1])
ERP	0.75kW
Transmitter coordinates	53°50′31″N 2°15′59″W / 53.8419°N 2.2663°W / 53.8419; -2.2663Coordinates: 53°50′31″N 2°15′59″W / 53.8419°N 2.2663°W / 53.8419; -2.2663
Owner	Local Radio Company
Webcast	Choice of Streams
Website	http://www.2br.co.uk

Two Boroughs Radio (known on air as 2BR) is a commercial radio station in East Lancashire. It broadcased from studios in the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson, then in August 2010 2BR moved to Accrington based 'The Studios' with Sister Station 107 The Bee

About

2BR was launched on the 25 July 2000.

The station broadcasts 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.

Programming

2BR broadcasts live from Accrington between 6am & 10pm weekdays and on Saturdays between 6am & 6pm. On Sundays, local programming airs between 8am and 4pm, with non-stop music after 4, due to management deciding to drop the Big Top 40 Show, which didn't perform well in RAJAR.

Presenters

• Christopher Dean
• Gemma Baron
• Jason Hardy
• Andy Hilbert
• Sally Jacks
• Dave Metcalfe
• Steve Joy
• John Isherwood
• Gareth Webb

Name misnomer

Although the station's name refers to the "2 Boroughs" of Burnley and Pendle, the station also covers Hyndburn. During the working day, the station operates in the same manner as many popular day time radio stations; it broadcasts a short playlist of the most popular songs of the week.

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.)

References

1. ^ http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php

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