The station changed to its present name on 5 April 1993. The new name was intended to reflect the wider reach across the three counties and to give equal service to all. The editorial area was not, at that point, expanded but enhanced studio facilities and staff were devoted to Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.
New transmitters at Epping Green and Bedmond extended the coverage area to Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and west Hertfordshire in late 2005.
BBC Three Counties Radio became available on DAB radio on 14 February 2013. In June 2015, the station moved from its Luton base to new studios in Dunstable.
Transmitters
BBC Three Counties Radio broadcasts on DAB Digital radio on the Herts, Beds and Bucks digital radio multiplex, transmitted from Sandy Heath, Aylesbury TE, Epping Green, Hemel Hempstead, Chepping Wycombe, Letchworth, Zouches Farm and Bow Brickhill.
In addition, BBC Three Counties Radio also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 720 in the Western half of the BBC East region and streams online via BBC Sounds.
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Dunstable studios from 6am – 10pm on Sundays – Fridays and from 6am – 1am on Saturdays.
Off-peak programming originates from BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Northampton. The Saturday late show, broadcast across the eastern counties between 10pm and 1pm, originates from Three Counties Radio and is presented by Justin Dealey.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources BBC Three Counties Radio news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC s local radio station serving the counties of Bedfordshire Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire BBC Three Counties RadioDunstableBroadcast areaBedfordshire Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshireFrequency90 4 Welwyn Garden City Hertford and Stevenage 92 1 Hemel Hempstead 94 7 Aylesbury 95 5 Bedford 98 0 High Wycombe 103 8 Luton and Dunstable 104 5 Milton Keynes DAB 10DFreeview 720RDSBBC 3CRProgrammingLanguage s EnglishFormatLocal news talk and musicOwnershipOwnerBBC Local Radio BBC EastHistoryFirst air date24 June 1985 1985 06 24 Former namesBBC Radio Bedfordshire 1985 1993 LinksWebsiteBBC Three Counties RadioIt broadcasts on FM DAB digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Grove Park in Dunstable According to RAJAR the station has a weekly audience of 101 000 listeners and a 4 6 share as of December 2022 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 BBC Radio Bedfordshire 1985 1993 1 2 BBC Three Counties Radio 1993 present 2 Transmitters 3 Programming 4 Presenters 4 1 Notable past presenters 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditBBC Radio Bedfordshire 1985 1993 Edit Radio Bedfordshire logo The station launched as Radio Bedfordshire on 24 June 1985 serving the whole of Bedfordshire plus despite the name North Bucks and the northern parts of Hertfordshire Therefore as well as Bedford Luton Dunstable Milton Keynes Knebworth Berkhamsted Tring Harpenden Leighton Buzzard Aylesbury Hemel Hempstead St Albans Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Letchworth Garden City Stevenage and Hitchin were served by the new station In 1992 the station became known as BBC Radio Bedfordshire with Herts and Bucks BBC Three Counties Radio 1993 present Edit The station changed to its present name on 5 April 1993 The new name was intended to reflect the wider reach across the three counties and to give equal service to all The editorial area was not at that point expanded but enhanced studio facilities and staff were devoted to Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire New transmitters at Epping Green and Bedmond extended the coverage area to Welwyn Garden City Hatfield and west Hertfordshire in late 2005 BBC Three Counties Radio became available on DAB radio on 14 February 2013 In June 2015 the station moved from its Luton base to new studios in Dunstable Transmitters EditBBC Three Counties Radio broadcasts on DAB Digital radio on the Herts Beds and Bucks digital radio multiplex transmitted from Sandy Heath Aylesbury TE Epping Green Hemel Hempstead Chepping Wycombe Letchworth Zouches Farm and Bow Brickhill On FM it broadcasts on 90 4FM Epping Green near Hertford 92 1FM Bedmond near Hemel Hempstead 94 7FM Quainton Hill near Aylesbury 95 5FM Sandy Heath 98 0FM High Wycombe 103 8FM Zouches Farm near Luton 104 5FM Bow Brickhill near Milton Keynes In addition BBC Three Counties Radio also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 720 in the Western half of the BBC East region and streams online via BBC Sounds Programming EditLocal programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC s Dunstable studios from 6am 10pm on Sundays Fridays and from 6am 1am on Saturdays Off peak programming originates from BBC Radio Suffolk BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Northampton The Saturday late show broadcast across the eastern counties between 10pm and 1pm originates from Three Counties Radio and is presented by Justin Dealey During the station s downtime overnight programming is simulcast from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London Presenters EditNotable current presenters include Andy Collins weekday breakfast Tony Hadley Sunday mornings Notable past presenters Edit Nana Akua 2 Tony Blackburn Jon Gaunt Simon Groom John Radford Dave Lee Travis former Sunday morning presenter Stephen Rhodes former breakfast consumer show presenter Nick Lawrence former Breakfast Show presenter ex Chiltern FM Mo Dutta Iain Lee former breakfast presenter References Edit RAJAR RAJAR Retrieved 27 September 2015 Nana Akua nanaakua com Retrieved 19 June 2021 External links EditOfficial website Media UK BBC Three Counties Radio Bow Brickhill transmitter Epping Green transmitter Hemel Hempstead Bedmond transmitter High Wycombe transmitter Lewsey Farm transmitter Kempston transmitter Quainton Hill transmitter Sandy Heath transmitter Zouches Farm transmitter Chepping Wycombe Transmitter Coordinates 51 52 37 N 0 25 05 W 51 877 N 0 418 W 51 877 0 418 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BBC Three Counties Radio amp oldid 1137366660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
