| Broadcast area | County Durham |
|---|---|
| Frequency | FM |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio |
| History | |
First air date | 3 July 1968 |
Last air date | 25 August 1972 |
BBC Radio Durham was a BBC local radio station set up in 1968.
BBC Radio Durham was part of theBBC's original plan to have nine sites where local radio experiments would be carried out. It is the only one of the original stations to have fully closed down.
It opened on 3 July 1968,[1] but after the government restricted the BBC to twenty local radio stations, the corporation responded by ceasing transmissions on 25 August 1972. Its resources were transferred toCarlisle where BBC Radio Carlisle, nowBBC Radio Cumbria, was formed.
It was the only one of the original stations to cover a county rather than a city. When the BBC opened Radio Newcastle which covered the north of the county and Radio Teesside (later Radio Cleveland and now BBC Tees) covered the south, it was sandwiched between the two.
The northern part ofCounty Durham is now covered byBBC Radio Newcastle, with the southern part served byBBC Radio Tees.
FormerBBC News correspondentKate Adie worked at Radio Durham, before joiningBBC Radio Bristol in 1970.[2] Other presenters included Mike Hollingsworth,[3] Eileen McCabe[4] and Barbara Bailey.[5]
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