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| Broadcast area | Berkshire |
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| Frequencies | FM: 94.6 MHz (Henley andMarlow) FM: 95.4 MHz (Slough,Maidenhead,Windsor andEast Berkshire) FM: 104.1 MHz (Basingstoke,Andover, andWest Berkshire) FM: 104.4 MHz (Reading) DAB: 12D Freeview: 711 |
| RDS | BBCBERKS |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio, BBC South, BBC London |
| History | |
First air date | 21 January 1992 |
Former names | BBC Thames Valley FM (1996–2000) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
BBC Radio Berkshire is theBBC's local radio station serving the county ofBerkshire. It broadcasts onFM,DAB, digital TV and viaBBC Sounds.
According toRAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 48,00 listeners as of May 2025.[1]
It has studios atThames Valley Park nearReading.
BBC Radio Berkshire was launched on 21 January 1992 as a part-time station, broadcasting for part of the weekday and weekend mornings withBBC Radio Oxford carried at all other times. Due to financial cutbacks, BBC Director-GeneralJohn Birt announced that the station was to fully merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to becomeBBC Thames Valley FM. On 14 February 2000, the two stations became separate once again.
In November 2018, BBC Radio Berkshire moved fromCaversham Park House – which the station shared withBBC Monitoring – to new purpose-built studios atThames Valley Park on the outskirts ofReading.
BBC Radio Berkshire was named Station of the Year in the 2012Frank Gillard Awards, also winning in the Sports Coverage category for its coverage ofOlympic rowing atEton Dorney.Andrew Peach won silver in both the Programme Presenter and The Ultimate Hot Seat categories.[2]
In the 2013Sony Radio Academy Awards, the Andrew Peach programme won bronze in the category Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million).[3]
The Andrew Peach Show was named Best Local Radio Show in the UK at the 2021 Radio Academy ARIA Awards.
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TheHannington transmitter for BBC Radio Berkshire's 104.1FM frequency is located on Cottington Hill (close toWatership Down). The 104.1 FM signal can be heard over most ofHampshire, certainly more thanBBC Radio Solent. The 104.4 FM signal comes from the Fountain House transmitter inReading. The 94.6 FM signal comes from theHenley-on-Thames transmitter. The 95.4 FM signal comes from theWindsor transmitter.
Since 31 July 2004,DAB broadcasts have come from theNOW DigitalBerkshire & North Hampshire 12D multiplex from Coppid Beech (at the junction of the B3408 andA329(M) in westBracknell),Hannington and Hemdean (just north ofCaversham). TheBasingstoke DAB transmitter (betweenCliddesden andWinslade near the A339 in Hampshire) was added on 3 October 2005.
Since June 2016, the station has been available onFreeview TV channel 711 in theBBC South andBBC London regions.[4] It also streams online viaBBC Sounds.
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC'sReading studios from 6 am to 10 pm on Sundays to Fridays and from 6 am to 6 pm and 8 pm to 10 pm on Saturdays.
Some off-peak programming originates fromBBC Radio Solent inSouthampton. The station usually broadcasts the whole of the Late Night programme, a programme carried by all BBC local radio stations (except in the case of sports coverage), which is broadcast between 10pm and 1am.
During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Berkshire simulcasts overnight programming fromBBC Radio 5 Live
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