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BBC Radio Northampton
BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC's local radio station serving Northamptonshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Abington Street in Northampton. The station has been broadcasting since 1982.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 70,000 listeners and a 4.0% share as of December 2023.
The station was launched at 6:45am on 16 June 1982 on 1107 AM and 96.6 FM, with Jon Beynon's programme Start the Day, the first piece of music being John Williams's Superman theme, followed by Work That Body by Diana Ross.
The first outside broadcast followed on 17 June 1982, and the official opening was performed by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The station was renamed BBC Northampton in 1990, but then reverted to BBC Radio Northampton on 3 April 2000.
The station has two FM transmitters. The 104.2 FM frequency broadcasts from the Boughton Green Road area of Northampton and covers the south and west of the county (including Northampton and surrounding area).
The 103.6 FM frequency broadcasts from a mast near the village of Geddington and covers the north and east of the county (including Kettering and Corby).
The station began DAB broadcasts on 28 March 2013 from the NOW Northampton Digital multiplex. The DAB transmitters are located at Northampton, Geddington, Towcester Potcote Farm, and Daventry. The transmitter at Daventry on Borough Hill was the BBC's first long wave transmitter, which began broadcasting on 27 July 1925. It had not been previously used by the BBC since 1978.
BBC Radio Northampton
BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC's local radio station serving Northamptonshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Abington Street in Northampton. The station has been broadcasting since 1982.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 70,000 listeners and a 4.0% share as of December 2023.
The station was launched at 6:45am on 16 June 1982 on 1107 AM and 96.6 FM, with Jon Beynon's programme Start the Day, the first piece of music being John Williams's Superman theme, followed by Work That Body by Diana Ross.
The first outside broadcast followed on 17 June 1982, and the official opening was performed by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The station was renamed BBC Northampton in 1990, but then reverted to BBC Radio Northampton on 3 April 2000.
The station has two FM transmitters. The 104.2 FM frequency broadcasts from the Boughton Green Road area of Northampton and covers the south and west of the county (including Northampton and surrounding area).
The 103.6 FM frequency broadcasts from a mast near the village of Geddington and covers the north and east of the county (including Kettering and Corby).
The station began DAB broadcasts on 28 March 2013 from the NOW Northampton Digital multiplex. The DAB transmitters are located at Northampton, Geddington, Towcester Potcote Farm, and Daventry. The transmitter at Daventry on Borough Hill was the BBC's first long wave transmitter, which began broadcasting on 27 July 1925. It had not been previously used by the BBC since 1978.