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BBC Radio Shropshire

Shrewsbury
Broadcast area	Shropshire
Frequency	FM: 90.0 MHz (Church Stretton) FM: 95.0 MHz (Ludlow) FM: 96.0 MHz (Telford, Shrewsbury and Oswestry) FM: 104.1 MHz (Clun) DAB: 11B Freeview: 713
RDS	BBC Shrp
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Local news, talk and music
Ownership
Owner	BBC Local Radio, BBC West Midlands
History
First air date	23 April 1985
Technical information
Licensing authority	Ofcom
Links
Website	BBC Radio Shropshire

BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire.

It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Boscobel Drive in Shrewsbury.

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 65,000 listeners and a 4.8% share as of December 2023.

Technical

The 96 MHz FM signal from The Wrekin is the strongest, and can be heard from outside the county, especially along the M5 and M6 near Birmingham, as well as into western Staffordshire, southern Cheshire and Wrexham.

The other transmitters (on Black Hill near Clun, on Hazler Hill near Church Stretton, and in Mortimer Forest near Ludlow) have a much weaker signal only heard up to about 6 miles (10 km) away. These three transmitters are for broadcasting to the south of the county, which has a hilly terrain that reduces the effectiveness of FM transmissions.

The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 713 in the BBC West Midlands region and streams online via BBC Sounds.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Shrewsbury studios from 6 am to 2pm each day.

The station's late show, airing from 10 pm to 1 am, originates from either BBC Radio London or BBC Radio Manchester.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Shropshire simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live.

Presenters

Notable current presenters

• Jim Hawkins (Weekday daytime)

Notable former presenters

• Eleanor Oldroyd (went on to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 1)
• Sybil Ruscoe (went on to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 1)
• Ian Skelly (now on BBC Radio 3)
• Tim Smith (went on to BBC Radio 2; now at Jazz FM)

References

1. "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
2. "BBC Programme Index".
3. "BBC Programme Index".
4. "BBC Programme Index".
5. "Sybil Ruscoe and Simon Mayo: Radio One 30 years on".
6. "Broadcaster Ian Skelly coming to Ludlow to talk about 'Harmony', his new book co-written with Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper".
7. "BBC Gramaphone Library".
8. "BBC Radio 2 – Steve Wright in the Afternoon – Tim Smith".

External links

• BBC Radio Shropshire
• History of local radio in Shropshire

Audio clips

• Launch Audio

52°43′47″N 2°44′36″W / 52.729758°N 2.743418°W / 52.729758; -2.743418

• BBC Local Radio
• Radio stations in Shropshire
• Radio stations established in 1985
• 1985 establishments in England