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BBC Radio Berkshire
Broadcast area	Berkshire and North Hampshire
Frequency	104.1 MHz, 104.4 MHz, 94.6 MHz, 95.4 MHz & DAB
First air date	26 January 1991
Format	Local, varied
Audience share	5.7% (September 2007, [1])
Owner	BBC
Website	bbc.co.uk/berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire. It broadcasts on 94.6 (Henley), 95.4 (Windsor), 104.1 (Hannington, north Hampshire) and 104.4 (Broad St Mall, Reading) FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest of the four by far.

The station began on 26 January 1991, starting as a sister station of Radio Oxford, broadcasting for part of the weekday and weekend mornings, before joining BBC World Service programming. Due to financial cutbacks, BBC Director-General John Birt annoounced that it was to merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to become "BBC Thames Valley FM" and featured Martin Kelner of Radio Leeds fame. Separate breakfast shows for Reading and Oxford were broadcast during this time. On 13 February 2000 the two stations became separate once again, although the stations still shared several programmes until September 2003.

The Hannington transmitter for BBC Radio Berkshire's 104.1 FM frequency is located on Cottington Hill (close to Watership Down). Along with the BBC's signal it also carries television channels and 2-Ten FM on 102.9 FM. The 104.1 FM signal can be heard over most of Hampshire, certainly more than Radio Solent. The Broad St Mall transmitter carries 2-Ten FM on 97 FM and Radio Berkshire on 104.4 FM since 1991, although the BBC call it Fountain House after the name of the building it is fixed to. The Henley-on-Thames transmitter which carries BBC Radio Berkshire on 94.6 FM also carries 2-Ten FM on 103.4 FM. Since July 31st 2004, DAB broadcasts have come from the NOW Digital Thames Valley 12D multiplex from Coppid Beech (at the junction of the B3408 and A329(M) in west Bracknell), Hannington and Hemdean (just north of Caversham). The Basingstoke DAB transmitter (between Cliddesden and Winslade near the A339 in Hampshire) was added on October 3rd 2005.

The station essentially covers the M4 corridor.

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Saturdays

• 6.00am David Sheppard
• 7.00 Nicki Whiteman
• 10.00 Richard Skinner
• 1.00pm Berkshire Sport or Andy McColl
• 6.00 Dave Cash
• 9.00 David Sheppard
• 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

Sundays

• 6.00am David Sheppard
• 7.00 Clare Catford
• 10.00 Richard Skinner
• 1.00pm Phil Kennedy - "Berkshire's Greatest Hits"
• 2.00 Henry Wymbs - "Irish Eye"
• 5.00 Tony Gillham
• 7.00 Susanne Courtney - "The Session"
• 8.00 Phil Kennedy - "Berkshire's Greatest Hits"
• 9.00 Louise Chandler
• 10.00 Bill Rennells
• 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

Weekdays

• 5.00am Steve Madden
• 7.00am Andrew Peach, Susanne Courtney & Maggie Philbin
• 10.00 Henry Kelly
• 1.00pm Nicki Whiteman
• 4.00 Phil Kennedy
• 7.00 Roger Day
• 10.00 Paul Miller
• 1.00am as BBC Radio 5 Live

From 7pm, BBC local radio in the South and South-East share evening programmes, starting with Roger Day. Paul Miller, from 10pm - 1am, is based at the Radio Solent studios.

• BBC Radio Berkshire