BBC Radio Stoke
| BBC Radio Stoke | |
| Broadcast area | North & Mid Staffordshire & south Cheshire |
|---|---|
| First air date | March 14 1968 |
| Frequency | 94.6MHz, 104.1MHz FM; 1503kHz MW; DAB Digital Radio; Online |
| Format | Varied |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio |
BBC Radio Stoke is a BBC Local Radio station in England, for the area of North and Mid Staffordshire and South Cheshire. The station began broadcasting programmes on 14 March 1968 as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent.
Both of the English counties the station covers have no BBC local radio station for their whole area. In Staffordshire, the south is covered by BBC WM and the east by BBC Radio Derby. In Cheshire, north-western areas are served by BBC Radio Merseyside and the north-east by BBC Radio Manchester.
The station broadcasts from its studios in Town Road in Hanley, the biggest of the six towns the make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent). The station used the frequencies of 94.6MHz and 104.1MHz FM, 1503KHz Mediumwave, and is also available on the UTV-EMAP DAB Digital Radio Multiplex, and online.
The Managing Editor since 2002 is Sue Owen. She joined from Heart FM and DNN in Birmingham where she was Editorial Director.
Tuning Details
FM
| Transmitter | Frequency (MHz) | Polarization | Power (Kilowatts) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsagers Bank | 94.6 | Mixed | 6.100 |
| Stafford | 104.1 | Vertical | 0.075 |
MW
| Transmitter | Frequency (KHz) | Power (Kilowatts) |
|---|---|---|
| Sideway | 1503 | 1.000 |
Transmitters
The 140ft Alsagers Bank transmitter is two miles west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, close to the M6. Stations broadcast from it can be clearly heard in most parts of northern Birmingham, and along the M6 from the M54 junction to Skelmersdale. The transmitter also carries Signal One (a commercial station owned by UTV), BBC DAB National and Digital One.
The 104.1 frequency is heard in
DAB signals come from the UTV EMAP Digital Stoke-on-Trent 12D multiplex from Alsagers Bank, Pye Green (near Hednesford), Sutton Common (between Congleton and Macclesfield in Cheshire), and Tick Hill (strongest power, south-east of the junction of the A520 and A52 near the Foxfield Steam Railway between Cookshill and Godleybrook). The Sideway transmitter is right next to the A500 D Road, just south of the A50 junction.
Signal 1 (102.6) and Radio Stoke (94.6) are clear in most of the area except in some parts of the Staffordshire Moorlands (Cheadle in particular)
and
The station can also be heard on the Internet via streaming audio.
Weekday Schedule
- 5:00am Den Siegertsz
- 7:00 Breakfast: with Stuart George
- 10:00 Paula White
- 1:00pm Nick Robins
- 4:00 Drivetime: Rob McKeon
From 7:05 to 9:00pm BBC Radio Stoke airs specialist music programmes and sport:
- Monday: Surfin' the '70s (networked with BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester) on FM, and The Asian Connection on Medium Wave
- Tuesday: Sport
- Wednesday: Mell Hill's Jazz Beat (networked with BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester)
- Thursday: Subculture (music from unsigned local bands)
- Friday: Classic Motown and Northern Soul with Mary Fox.
From 9:00pm to 12midnight (from 10:00pm if live football has been broadcast) Radio Stoke is networked with BBC local radio stations across the whole of the Midlands, with The Late Show broadcast from the BBC Studios on London Road in Nottingham by Rob Underwood.
From 12midnight until 5:00am (6:00am on Friday night, i.e. Saturday morning) the station joins BBC Radio Five Live.
Weekend Schedule
Saturday:
- 6:00am Weekend Breakfast: Lamont Howie
- 9:00 Stuart George
- 12noon Jason Hardy
- 2:00pm Saturday Sport (in football season)/ Summer Sport with Nick Robins (in summer)
- 5:00pm Praise and Grumble (in football season only)
From 6:00pm to 1:00am, BBC Radio Stoke networks with BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Hereford and Worcester and, until 8:00pm, BBC WM.
- 6:00pm Saturday Gold: John Platt
- 8:00 John Hellings' Big Band
- 10:00 The Late Show: Keith Middleton
From 1:00am to 6:00, The station joins BBC Radio 5 Live.
Sunday:
- 6:00am Weekend Breakfast: Lamont Howie
- 9:00 In Praise of God (Church Service)
- 9:30 Nick Robins
- 12noon Terry Walsh
From 3:00pm to 1:00am BBC Radio Stoke networks with BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford and Worcester.
- 3:00pm Mike George
- 6:00 Sunday Night Rock with Jim Hawkins
- 8:00 Sunday Folk with Genevieve Tudor
- 10:00 The Late Show: Keith Middleton
From 1:00am to 5:00am, BBC Radio Stoke joins BBC Radio 5 Live.
External links
- BBC Radio Stoke
- Alsagers Bank transmitter (including coverage map)
- Pye Green (Digital)
- Sideway transmitter
- Sutton Common (Digital)
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