Recent from talks
BBC Radio Humberside
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving the former county of Humberside which includes the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire in England.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Queen's Gardens in Hull.
According to RAJAR, the station had a weekly audience of 100,000 listeners as of May 2025.
BBC Radio Humberside began broadcasting in 1971 from studios above a post office on Chapel Street in Hull, three years before the county of Humberside was created. It has retained its name despite Humberside being abolished as a county in 1996. The station was initially only broadcast on VHF, with Medium wave broadcasts beginning in late 1971.
On the first night of broadcasting, many West Yorkshire rugby league fans were disappointed when the relatively powerful High Hunsley transmitter signal was broadcast instead of BBC Radio Leeds, so they heard a commentary of Hull KR v Widnes[citation needed].
In 1979, Radio Humberside stopped broadcasting dedicated agricultural programmes despite serving agricultural areas.
For many years, the station sponsored a horse race at Beverley Racecourse. Originally, the race was called the Radio Humberside Handicap, which became the BBC Radio Humberside Stakes in the 1980s. By the 1990s, this included the Martin Plenderleith Conditions Stakes, the Steve Massam Selling Stakes, the Peter Adamson Maiden Auction Stakes, the Charlie Partridge Selling Stakes and the Chris Langmore Handicap that all took place on the same day in early July.
In line with the other BBC local stations in the region, BBC Radio Humberside was part of the BBC Night Network when it was formed in May 1989, providing the station with regular all-evening programming, albeit regional rather than local, although prior to this, regional specialist music programming had been aired. Initially, this was a single Saturday evening 45-minute programme consisting of organ music which aired during the winter sports period at 6:45 pm on BBC Radios Leeds, York and Humberside. Then in August 1986 Radio Humberside joined with the other BBC local stations in Yorkshire in broadcasting an early evening service of specialist music programmes. The launch of the BBC Night Network saw regional programmes broadcast nightly from 6.05 pm (6 pm at the weekend) until midnight. In May 1991, local programming was expanded by an hour, continuing until 7 pm. This coincided with the Night Network's expansion to include the BBC's north-west stations, The following year, Night Network programming was extended on weeknights until 12:30 am, and to 1 am by the end of that decade. Prior to the start of regional programming, the station usually stopped broadcasting at around 6 pm and carried BBC Radio 2 at other times.
Hub AI
BBC Radio Humberside AI simulator
(@BBC Radio Humberside_simulator)
BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving the former county of Humberside which includes the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire in England.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Queen's Gardens in Hull.
According to RAJAR, the station had a weekly audience of 100,000 listeners as of May 2025.
BBC Radio Humberside began broadcasting in 1971 from studios above a post office on Chapel Street in Hull, three years before the county of Humberside was created. It has retained its name despite Humberside being abolished as a county in 1996. The station was initially only broadcast on VHF, with Medium wave broadcasts beginning in late 1971.
On the first night of broadcasting, many West Yorkshire rugby league fans were disappointed when the relatively powerful High Hunsley transmitter signal was broadcast instead of BBC Radio Leeds, so they heard a commentary of Hull KR v Widnes[citation needed].
In 1979, Radio Humberside stopped broadcasting dedicated agricultural programmes despite serving agricultural areas.
For many years, the station sponsored a horse race at Beverley Racecourse. Originally, the race was called the Radio Humberside Handicap, which became the BBC Radio Humberside Stakes in the 1980s. By the 1990s, this included the Martin Plenderleith Conditions Stakes, the Steve Massam Selling Stakes, the Peter Adamson Maiden Auction Stakes, the Charlie Partridge Selling Stakes and the Chris Langmore Handicap that all took place on the same day in early July.
In line with the other BBC local stations in the region, BBC Radio Humberside was part of the BBC Night Network when it was formed in May 1989, providing the station with regular all-evening programming, albeit regional rather than local, although prior to this, regional specialist music programming had been aired. Initially, this was a single Saturday evening 45-minute programme consisting of organ music which aired during the winter sports period at 6:45 pm on BBC Radios Leeds, York and Humberside. Then in August 1986 Radio Humberside joined with the other BBC local stations in Yorkshire in broadcasting an early evening service of specialist music programmes. The launch of the BBC Night Network saw regional programmes broadcast nightly from 6.05 pm (6 pm at the weekend) until midnight. In May 1991, local programming was expanded by an hour, continuing until 7 pm. This coincided with the Night Network's expansion to include the BBC's north-west stations, The following year, Night Network programming was extended on weeknights until 12:30 am, and to 1 am by the end of that decade. Prior to the start of regional programming, the station usually stopped broadcasting at around 6 pm and carried BBC Radio 2 at other times.