BBC Local Radio

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BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 41 stations.

Initially, stations had to be co-funded by the BBC and local authorities, which only some Labour-controlled areas proved willing to do. Radio Leicester was the first to launch on 8 November 1967, followed by Sheffield, Merseyside and Nottingham. By the early 1970s, the local authority funding requirement was dropped, and stations spread across the country; many city-based stations later expand their remit to cover an entire county.[1] There were eight stations in the initial 'experiment'. One of these, BBC Radio Durham, was closed down when the experiment ended.

Station list by region

East

• BBC Essex – [2]
• Radio Cambridgeshire – [3]
• Radio Norfolk – [4]
• Radio Northampton – [5]
• Radio Suffolk – [6]
• Three Counties Radio (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire) – [7]

East Midlands

• Radio Derby – [8]
• Radio Leicester – [9]
• Radio Nottingham – [10]

London

• BBC London 94.9 - [11]

North East and Cumbria

• BBC Tees – [12]
• Radio Cumbria – [13]
• Radio Newcastle – [14]

North West

• BBC Radio Manchester (Previously BBC GMR) – [15]
• Radio Lancashire – [16]
• Radio Merseyside – [17]

South

• Radio Berkshire – [18]
• Radio Oxford – [19]
• Radio Solent (Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) – [20]

South East

• Radio Kent – [21]
• BBC Surrey (Previously BBC Radio Surrey and later BBC Southern Counties Radio) – [22]
• BBC Sussex (Previously BBC Radio Brighton and later BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Southern Counties Radio) – [23]

South West

• Radio Cornwall – [24]
• Radio Devon – [25]
• Radio Guernsey – [26]
• Radio Jersey – [27]

West

• Radio Bristol – [28]
• Radio Gloucestershire – [29]
• BBC Wiltshire – [30]
• BBC Somerset – [31]

Yorkshire

• Radio Leeds – [32]
• Radio Sheffield – [33]
• Radio York – [34]

Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

• Radio Humberside – [35]
• Radio Lincolnshire – [36]

West Midlands

• BBC WM (Birmingham and area) – [37]
• BBC Coventry and Warwickshire – [38]
• Hereford and Worcester – [39]
• Radio Shropshire – [40]
• Radio Stoke – [41]

See also

BBC portal

• Dave and Sue

The following radio stations are broadcast by the BBC in the other nations of the UK:

• Northern Ireland – BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle
• Scotland – BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
• Wales – BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru