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| Broadcast area | Cornwall |
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| Frequencies | FM: 95.2 MHz (East Cornwall) FM: 96.0 MHz (Isles of Scilly) FM: 103.9 MHz (West Cornwall) DAB: 11B Freeview: 713 |
| RDS | BBC CNWL |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English,Cornish |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio, BBC South West |
| History | |
First air date | 17 January 1983 |
Former frequencies | 630MW 657 MW |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Radio Cornwall |
BBC Radio Cornwall is theBBC's local radio station serving the county ofCornwall.
It broadcasts onFM,DAB, digital TV and viaBBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf inTruro.
According toRAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 92,000 listeners of May 2025.[1]
Until 31 December 1982, local radio services forCornwall had amounted to a regional weekday breakfast showMorning Sou'West, aired onBBC Radio 4's frequencies inDevon and Cornwall, plus five-minute regional bulletins on Saturday mornings and Mondays to Saturdays at lunchtime and teatime. There was no regional output on Sundays.
On 17 January 1983, BBC Radio Cornwall (andBBC Radio Devon) launched, although for its first few years on air, both stations shared an afternoon programme.
BBC Radio Cornwall is broadcasts on 95.2 MHz forEast Cornwall from theCaradon Hill transmitting station located onBodmin Moor, 96.0 MHz on theIsles of Scilly and 103.9 MHz fromRedruth transmitting station located onLanner Hill forWest Cornwall, as well as onDAB. It was also broadcast on 630 kHz and 657 kHzAM until 2 March 2020, when those transmitters were closed for cost savings.[2]
The station also broadcasts onFreeview TV channel 713 in theBBC South West region and streams online viaBBC Sounds.
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC'sTruro studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturdays.
Daniel Pascoe's show (Saturdays 6 pm to 8 pm) and his BBC Introducing show (Saturdays 8 pm to 10 pm) are both broadcast toBBC Radio Devon andBBC Radio Somerset.
David White's Boogie Wonderland show used to be broadcast on Saturdays between 10 pm to 1 am and was also broadcast to stations in theBBC South West andBBC West regions. This programme, along with all other late night regional programming, ended on 7 October 2023 due to BBC cutbacks, and was replaced with a networked England-wide late show which broadcasts every night of the week.
During the station's overnight downtime, BBC Radio Cornwall simulcastsBBC Radio 5 Live
Radio Cornwall is one of two radio stations to have broadcast programmes in theCornish language. A five-minute weekly news bulletin,An Nowodhow, is broadcast every Sunday at 1.55pm.[3][4]
When Radio Cornwall was first set up Cornish language content was limited to around 2 minutes per week. In 1987, a new weekly 15-minute-long bilingual show, Kroeder Kroghan, detailing Celtic cultural events taking place inCornwall, was introduced.[5]
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