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BBC Radio Norfolk
BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Norfolk.
It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Forum in Norwich.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 131,000 listeners and a 6.8% share as of December 2023.
BBC Local Radio originally launched in 1967 but it was not until more than a decade later that local radio in East Anglia was to become a reality. Therefore, the BBC's only radio coverage of the East Anglia throughout this period was a regional weekday breakfast show opt-out from BBC Radio 4 called Roundabout East Anglia, plus five-minute summaries at lunchtime and teatime. It covered the same area as the BBC's Look East regional television news programme. Like Look East, Roundabout East Anglia also broadcast from BBC East's regional headquarters at All Saint's Green in Norwich.
The BBC's desire to expand its local radio network was stalled in the late 1970s by a governmental review of local radio. However, when expansion was allowed once again, a policy existed whereby only one local station would launch at the same time in any one area so when it came to choosing whether Norfolk or Devon would receive a BBC or commercial station first, there was contention between the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) as to who would get which area. This was settled by the toss of a coin, with the BBC winning and choosing Norfolk.
BBC Radio Norfolk was the first BBC station in England to launch since 1973 when it went on air at 17:55 on 11 September 1980. The station's first presenter on air was John Mountford and the launch was simulcast live on Look East. Mountford was one of several former Roundabout East Anglia personnel who transferred to the new station following that programme's demise. From launch, the station broadcast stereo (though only to east Norfolk; the remainder of the county had to wait until 2005) and was the first BBC Local station to broadcast with stereo sound.
Initially, there was insufficient budget for a full schedule, with broadcasts at first restricted to a breakfast show, a two-hour show at midday and an extended 5pm news and sports bulletin. BBC Radio 2 was carried at all other times. There was, however, a full local service at weekends, when it was assumed more listeners would be available. After Keith Salmon took over as the station's managing editor in 1982, full local programmes began on weekdays.
Originally, Radio Norfolk was at a former carpet showroom in Norfolk Tower on Surrey Street in Norwich and in June 2003 the station moved to The Forum in Norwich.
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BBC Radio Norfolk
BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Norfolk.
It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Forum in Norwich.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 131,000 listeners and a 6.8% share as of December 2023.
BBC Local Radio originally launched in 1967 but it was not until more than a decade later that local radio in East Anglia was to become a reality. Therefore, the BBC's only radio coverage of the East Anglia throughout this period was a regional weekday breakfast show opt-out from BBC Radio 4 called Roundabout East Anglia, plus five-minute summaries at lunchtime and teatime. It covered the same area as the BBC's Look East regional television news programme. Like Look East, Roundabout East Anglia also broadcast from BBC East's regional headquarters at All Saint's Green in Norwich.
The BBC's desire to expand its local radio network was stalled in the late 1970s by a governmental review of local radio. However, when expansion was allowed once again, a policy existed whereby only one local station would launch at the same time in any one area so when it came to choosing whether Norfolk or Devon would receive a BBC or commercial station first, there was contention between the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) as to who would get which area. This was settled by the toss of a coin, with the BBC winning and choosing Norfolk.
BBC Radio Norfolk was the first BBC station in England to launch since 1973 when it went on air at 17:55 on 11 September 1980. The station's first presenter on air was John Mountford and the launch was simulcast live on Look East. Mountford was one of several former Roundabout East Anglia personnel who transferred to the new station following that programme's demise. From launch, the station broadcast stereo (though only to east Norfolk; the remainder of the county had to wait until 2005) and was the first BBC Local station to broadcast with stereo sound.
Initially, there was insufficient budget for a full schedule, with broadcasts at first restricted to a breakfast show, a two-hour show at midday and an extended 5pm news and sports bulletin. BBC Radio 2 was carried at all other times. There was, however, a full local service at weekends, when it was assumed more listeners would be available. After Keith Salmon took over as the station's managing editor in 1982, full local programmes began on weekdays.
Originally, Radio Norfolk was at a former carpet showroom in Norfolk Tower on Surrey Street in Norwich and in June 2003 the station moved to The Forum in Norwich.
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