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BBC Radio Suffolk
Broadcast area	Suffolk
First air date	April 12, 1990
Frequency	95.5 MHz - 104.6 MHz
Format	Contempoary
Owner	BBC
Website	BBC Radio Suffolk

BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. Its studios are at Broadcasting House in St Matthews Street, Ipswich on 95.5 (Oulton, near Lowestoft), 95.9 (Aldeburgh), 103.9 (Manningtree) and 104.6 (Great Barton, four miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds near the B1106 and Conyers Green) FM. In 2004, the station was named Station of the Year in the Sony Radio Academy Awards.

The Manningtree frequency is the strongest. The 470-foot transmitter is actually just south of Manningtree, in Essex, and indeed is one of the BBC Essex MW transmitters. However, the BBC Radio Suffolk broadcasts are directional. It also has Virgin Radio on 1233kHz, BBC National FM, BBC DAB National (the only one for Suffolk and Essex), and Digital One. The Great Barton transmitter also has SGR-FM on 96.4FM. The Oulton transmitter also has The Beach on 103.4FM and Digital One (since 16th December 2005). The 95.9FM frequency, from the Aldeburgh mast, is only recent and had to be approved by the Netherlands government in case of interference in Holland. The mast also has TV channels. There is no MW frequency or DAB signal. A mast at Sudbury (near Assington), which is the main TV transmitter for Suffolk, has the NOW Digital Essex 12D multiplex, which has BBC Essex, even though the mast is in Suffolk. The mast at Oulton/Lowestoft, and one near the Suffolk border at Thetford have the NOW Digital Norfolk 11B multiplex, which has Radio Norfolk.

The current schedule as of 10th December is as follows:

Weekdays:

• 0500-0630 - Rob Dunger's Dawnbreaker - music and chat
• 0630-0900 - Breakfast with Mark Murphy - news, views, sport, weather, travel
• 0900-1200 - Nick Pandolfi - music, features, interviews, interactive radio, fun
• 1200-1400 - Lesley Dolphin - the stories making the news and a sofa guest
• 1400-1600 - Luke Deal - music & something old, new, active and for the weekend
• 1600-1900 - Drivetime with Stephen Foster - news, competitions and all sorts of music
• 1800-1900 - Fridays only - Matchday preview - a look ahead to the weekend with the sports team)
• 1900-2200 - Sue Marchant - phone-in (0845 30 50 007) and music
• 2200-0100 - Nick Risby - chat, music and competitions
• 2200-0100 - Monday-only - Keith Skues' Pirate Show - music from another era)

• 0100-0400 - BBC Radio Five Live
• 0400-0500 - Wally Webb

In the evenings on weekdays from 7pm, until 1am, output is shared with the rest of BBC East local radio, starting with Sue Marchant, then from 10pm Nick Risby or Keith Skues continues. Broadcasts are either from Norwich, home of Look East or from Ipswich.

The weekend line up includes Breakfast Shows presented by Rachel Sloane and on Saturday afternoon, BBC Radio Suffolk Sport Matchday, with live and exclusive commentary of Ipswich Town's games. The station's News Editor is Lis Henderson and BBC Radio Suffolk's Managing Editor is Gerald Main.

• BBC Radio Suffolk
• History of local radio in Suffolk.
• Old logo
• Recording jingles at S2 Blue in Leek (YouTube)
• Coverage maps.
• Aldeburgh transmitter.
• Great Barton transmitter.
• Manningtree transmitter (includes coverage map).