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| Broadcast area | Jersey |
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| Frequencies | FM: 88.8 MHz AM: 1026 kHz DAB+: 12A Freeview: 711 |
| RDS | BBC JRSY |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio, BBC South West |
| History | |
First air date | 15 March 1982 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Radio Jersey |
BBC Radio Jersey is theBBC's local radio station serving theBailiwick of Jersey.
It broadcasts onFM,AM,DAB+,Freeview and viaBBC Sounds from studios on Parade Road inSt Helier.
According toRAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 21,000 listeners and a 12.9% share as of December 2023.[1]
The station first aired on 15 March 1982, when it was opened byGeorge Howard, the then chairman of the BBC. The first voice to be heard was that of Peter Gore who was one of the four-person start-up team headed by Mike Warr. It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon inSt Helier, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994.
Roger Bara, a long-standing breakfast show presenter, retired in 2012.[2]
In recent years, local output has been reduced to eight hours on weekdays, coinciding with an increase in regional programming shared with sister stationBBC Radio Guernsey.
Like otherBBC enterprises inJersey, funding comes primarily fromtelevision licence fees collected in Jersey.[3]
In addition to itsFM andAM frequencies, the station also broadcasts onFreeview TV channel 711 and streams online viaBBC Sounds. Transmissions onDAB began on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the Channel Islands DAB multiplex, on which BBC Radio Guernsey also broadcasts, alongsideBBC Radio Jersey Xtra, a part-time stream carrying the station's AM opt-out content (chiefly parliamentary coverage), and a similar opt-out for Radio Guernsey. The stations are the first BBC stations to use the DAB+ standard - at the time of launch, all stations on the BBC National DAB multiplex, and all otherBBC Local Radio stations on the UK mainland, used the earlier DAB format.
The radio station shares premises at 18–21 Parade Road inSt Helier withBBC Channel Islands television news, and BBC Jersey's online services.
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC'sSt Helier studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays.
Regional programming for theChannel Islands, shared withBBC Radio Guernsey, airs from 2 pm to 10 pm on Mondays/Fridays, from 2pm-6pm Tuesdays/Wednesdays, 2pm to 8pm on Thursdays, also from 6 am to 8 pm on Saturdays and from 6 am to 2pm on Sundays.
Off-peak programming originates fromBBC Radio Cornwall inTruro,BBC Radio Manchester andBBC Radio London
During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Jersey simulcasts overnight programming fromBBC Radio 5 Live and until recently, the station'sAM frequencies used to simulcast Radio 5 Live on weekday evenings to provide better coverage of the station on AM during the hours of darkness.
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