BBC Radio Nottingham

Nottingham
Broadcast area	Nottinghamshire
Frequencies	FM: 95.1 MHz (Newark) FM: 95.5 MHz (Mansfield andAshfield) FM: 103.8 MHz (Nottingham) DAB: 12C (NOW Nottingham) Freeview: 712
RDS	BBCNOTTM
Programming
Language	English
Format	Local news, talk and music
Ownership
Owner	BBC Local Radio, BBC East Midlands
History
First air date	31 January 1968
Former frequencies	1584MW
Technical information
Licensing authority	Ofcom
Links
Website	BBC Radio Nottingham

BBC Radio Nottingham is theBBC's local radio station serving the county ofNottinghamshire.

It broadcasts onFM,DAB, digital TV and viaBBC Sounds from studios on London Road inNottingham city centre.

According toRAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 124,000 listeners and a 4.4% share as of December 2023.^[1]

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Radio Nottingham is broadcast on threeFM frequencies:

• 103.8 toNottingham and southNottinghamshire, from Mapperley Ridge in north Nottingham
• 95.5 toMansfield andAshfield, from Fishponds Hill
• 95.1 toNewark from Beacon Hill (since January 2004)

The Nottingham signal may be heard as far south asLeicester.

Since 30 April 2004, the station has been available onDAB from the NDEM (NOW Digital East Midlands)Nottingham 12C multiplex fromWaltham (main signal and inLeicestershire), Mapperley Ridge and Fishponds Hill (since July 2006).

The station also broadcasts onFreeview TV channel 712 in both theBBC East Midlands region and theBBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region and streams online viaBBC Sounds.

The station used to broadcast anAMmedium wave signal on 1584 kHz, fromClipstone, near Mansfield, until 25 January 2018 when the transmitter was turned off. This followed a trial, to determine if listeners would miss or complain about the loss of services on medium wave, from 17 August to 24 September 2012 when BBC Radio Nottingham stopped broadcasting its programmes on medium wave, instead directing listeners to FM or DAB.^[2]

North Nottinghamshire, covering the district ofBassetlaw including the towns ofRetford andWorksop, is officially covered byBBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1 FM from theHolme Moss transmitter. Although editorially, news for this area is covered by BBC Radio Nottingham, and FM reception (and to a lesser extent, DAB and Freeview) is possible in these areas.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC'sNottingham studios from 6 am to 2 pm on Mondays to Fridays and for sports coverage.The 10 pm to 1 am late show originates fromBBC Radio Manchester orBBC Radio London. At weekends and on weekdays afternoons, much of the station's output is simulcast withBBC Radio Derby andBBC Radio Leicester.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Nottingham simulcasts overnight programming fromBBC Radio 5 Live.

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• Mansfield'sRichard Bacon began his broadcasting career at this station.
• Matthew Bannister, former late night host onBBC Radio 5 Live, worked as a reporter in 1978.
• ComedianBoothby Graffoe had a weekly show for a short time in the late 1980s.
• Chris Hawkins worked at this station after his first station.^[3]
• Simon Mayo began his radio career here where he worked for four years in 1982, moving toBBC Radio 1 in May 1986.
• Dennis McCarthy, who continued broadcasting on the station (despite falling ill) until the afternoon he died.
• John Simons worked on the station in the late 1980s. He went on to be the Group Programme Director forGMG Radio.

• BBC Radio Nottingham
• History of local radio in Nottinghamshire

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• BBC Local Radio
• Music in Nottinghamshire
• Mass media in Nottingham
• Radio stations in Nottinghamshire

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