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BBC Essex
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BBC Essex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Essex. It broadcasts from its studios on New London Road in Chelmsford on 103.5 (Great Braxted) and 95.3 (South Benfleet) FM, and on 729 (Manningtree), 765 (Bakers Wood), and 1530 (Rayleigh) AM. It is also available on DAB and live streaming via the internet. It celebrated twenty years of broadcasting in November 2006. It is one of the only BBC Local Radio stations to have the word "Radio" absent from its title.
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BBC Essex launched on November 5, 1986. It broke from the naming convention of "BBC Radio (county name)" so as to avoid confusion with Essex Radio (now Essex FM). There had also been a pirate station called Radio Essex in the 1960s.
BBC Essex set out to be different from existing BBC local stations, which were often perceived as rather "stuffy" and "worthy". It launched with a more up-beat sound, an almost "tabloid" news style and younger presenters than most stations; it even avoided use of the traditional BBC logo. However, over the years the style has been toned down and the format is now more in line with the rest of the BBC local radio family.
The strongest signal by far is 103.5 FM, which comes from a small transmitter north-east of Chelmsford close to the A12. It reaches into Hertfordshire. The 95.3FM signal is heard in most of the southern Thames Estuary as well. The South Benfleet transmitter also provides Essex FM on 96.3FM and DAB. The 500ft Manningtree transmitter, the highest of all five, also has national radio frequencies, Virgin Radio, BBC DAB National (the only one in Essex) and Digital One. It is the main FM transmitter for Radio Suffolk. The Bakers Wood transmitter also has Essex FM on 102.6FM, and is one of the DAB transmitters. DAB signals, since May 20th 2002, have come from the Essex 12D multiplex, which has transmitters at Maitland House (Southend-on-Sea town centre), Colchester, Sudbury (in Suffolk), and Rye Hill (south of Harlow - on a water tower). Rye Hill also has Ten 17 on 101.7FM.
Weekdays:
05.00 - "The Dawn Breaker" with Mark Punter
06.00 - "The Ray Clark Breakfast Show"
09.00 - Dave Monk
12.00 - Etholle George
14.00 - Steve Scruton (Tue-Fri) / Sadie Nine (Mon)
16.00 - John Hayes - "Drivetime"
19.00 - "BBC Essex Introducing..." with Mike Bromfield & Ollie Winiberg (Fridays Only)
19.00 - Sue Marchant
22.00 - Nick Risby
01.00 - Up All Night (As BBC Radio 5 Live)
Saturdays:
06.00 - Ian Wyatt
09.00 - "Gardening Plus" with Ken Crowther
12.00 - Sadie Nine
14.00 - "Essex Sport" with Glenn Speller
18.00 - Paul Barnes
21.00 - Richard Spendlove
01.00 - Up All Night (As BBC Radio 5 Live)
Sundays:
06.00 - Ian Wyatt
09.00 - "The Essex Years" with Steve Scruton
12.00 - "Essex Country" with Steve Cherelle
14.00 - Janet Gerslick
16.00 - "Monster Memories" with Eric Hall
18.00 - "The Naked Scientists" with Dr Chris Smith
19.00 - "Rokker Radio" with Jake Bowers
21.00 - "Pirate Radio Skues" with Keith Skues
01.00 - Up All Night (As BBC Radio 5 Live)
The text number is 07786 201035 - daytime only
The competition line is (01245 49 50 50 - Daytime) & (0845 30 50 007 - Evenings)
Former presenters on BBC Essex include Alex Lester, now a presenter on BBC Radio 2; Graham Pass, now a radio and television producer, Paddy O'Connell, a television and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster; Peter Heaton-Jones, now the policy advisor to a Member of Parliament in Australia; Mark Pougatch, currently a BBC TV sports presenter; Kara Tritton, former presenter on TV shopping channel QVC and television presenter and Radio 2 host Dermot O'Leary. [1]
- BBC Essex at bbc.co.uk
- Media UK - BBC Essex
- History of local radio in Essex.
- Pirate BBC Essex.
- BBC Essex Introducing Myspace
- MDS975's Transmitter map.
- Bakers Wood transmitter (also digital)
- Colchester (digital)
- Great Braxted transmitter.
- Maitland House (digital).
- Manningtree transmitter.
- Rayleigh transmitter.
- Rye Hill (digital)
- South Benfleet transmitter (also digital).
- Sudbury (digital).
- Recording jingles at S2 Blue in Leek (YouTube)
- BBC Essex on YouTube
- BBC Essex Introducing's Youtube Channel
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East: Essex • Radio Cambridgeshire • Radio Norfolk • Radio Northampton • Radio Suffolk • Three Counties Radio East Midlands: Radio Derby • Radio Leicester • Radio Nottingham North West: Radio Lancashire • Radio Manchester • Radio Merseyside North East and Cumbria: BBC Tees • Radio Cumbria • Radio Newcastle South and South East: Radio Kent • Southern Counties Radio South: Radio Berkshire • Radio Oxford • Radio Solent London: London 94.9 South West and the Channel Islands: Radio Cornwall • Radio Devon • Radio Guernsey • Radio Jersey West: Radio Bristol • Radio Gloucestershire • Radio Swindon • Radio Wiltshire • Somerset West Midlands: BBC WM • Coventry and Warwickshire • Hereford and Worcester • Radio Shropshire • Radio Stoke Yorkshire: Radio Leeds • Radio Sheffield • Radio York Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Radio Humberside • Radio Lincolnshire Former stations: Radio Brighton • Radio Durham • BBC GLR • Radio London • Radio Surrey |
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| FM Stations | 89.1 • 91.6 • 91.3 • 91.8 • 92.0 • 93.5 • 94.3 • 94.9 • 95.8 • 96.4 • 96.6 • 96.7 • 96.9 • 97.3 • 97.6 • 98.8 • 100.0 • 100.9 • 101.6 • 101.7 • 102.2 • 102.6 • 102.7 • 102.9 • 103.1 • 103.3 • 103.5 • 103.6 • 103.8 • 104.1 • 104.4 • 104.6 • 104.9 • 105.4 • 105.8 • 106.2 • 106.6 • 106.8 • 107.3 • 107.5 • 107.6 • 107.8 |
| LW Stations | 198 |
| AM Stations | 558 • 630 • 648 • 720 • 765 • 828 • 909 • 963 • 972 • 1035 • 1089 • 1152 • 1215 • 1242 • 1305 • 1332 • 1368 • 1413 • 1458 • 1503 • 1521 • 1548 • 1566 • 1584 • 1602 |
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United Kingdom Radio Markets: London • Manchester • West Midlands |
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