BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
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BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service serving the City of Coventry
and the county of Warwickshire
. It broadcasts on 94.8, 103.7 and 104 MHz FM
, DAB Digital Radio
and is streamed
on the internet via the BBC Website.
Based in the Priory Place Shopping Precinct at the heart of re-developing Coventry
City Centre, the new centre is a multi-million pound state-of-the-art broadcast centre, which is home to radio, local online, an interactive open centre and facilities for regional and local TV news.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire broadcasts from 5am to 10pm every weekday, 6am - 6pm on Saturday, and 6am - 7pm on Sunday and airs evening simulcasts with other BBC Local Radio stations in the Midlands and BBC Radio 5 Live programming overnight.
in the 1990s underwent an expansion programme where counties and other areas without a local radio station were identified and five stations were to launch: BBC Radio Surrey
, BBC Radio Berkshire
, BBC Radio Suffolk
, BBC Wiltshire Sound
and BBC Radio Warwickshire.
The Radio Warwickshire working title was changed to BBC CWR by the time the station launched in January 1990. The name CWR (Coventry and Warwickshire Radio) reflected the wider area that the new station would cover, taking in the city of Coventry with the whole of the county of Warwickshire, which was then also served by BBC Radio WM
. The station broadcast from a Victorian-style mansion on Warwick Road, close to Coventry railway station
. Smaller studios were located in Atherstone, Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.
had been an outstanding success since its own launch ten years earlier in 1980. Xtra AM
, the AM-only sister station from Mercia Sound, also enjoyed high listenership since it split from Mercia and launched in 1989.
CWR seemed to find it difficult to compete for the very large audiences built up by Mercia and Xtra. It was, however, well respected and highly regarded with its regular audience.
The BBC, under Director-General John Birt, deemed that CWR was not sufficiently successful in audience terms to warrant its continuation, and within increasing financial constraints in February 1995 CWR was to close. Regular listeners were hugely disappointed and phoned presenter Jon Gaunt
to protest about the decision.
In 1995 BBC CWR merged with neighbouring BBC Radio WM in Birmingham
, was re-named BBC Coventry and Warwickshire and would operate as an opt-out service from BBC WM
with the remainder of the schedule as shared programming. This had the effect of alienating local listeners, whilst paradoxically presenters from WM, such as Ed Doolan
, Malcolm Boyden
and Tony Butler
received high listening figures and distinctions with three Sony Radio Academy Awards
, including Radio Station of the Year in 1996.
Its studios were relocated from Warwick Road to much smaller premises on Greyfriars Road. All local programmes except breakfast with Annie Othen, the afternoon show with Bob Brolly, Poles Apart on Wednesdays, and weekend football coverage of Coventry City F.C.
were replaced with programmes from Birmingham.
2003 saw the station re-labelled as BBC WM across Coventry and Warwickshire.
, announced on-air that Coventry and Warwickshire was again to have its own BBC Local Radio
station. Describing the situation with presenter Annie Othen, Mr Dyke said that the station would be added to the BBC's Local Radio portfolio:
He also added that the 1995 closure of CWR was a mistake:
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire relaunched as a stand-alone station on 3 September 2005 with full local programming for 15 hours a day.
, which is predominantly speech-based. The local diverse make-up of the region also plays a part in the station's schedule; Poles Apart, the station's longest-running community programme, is targeted at first-generation Polish immigrants. Other shows aimed at the Irish, Asian and Afro-Caribbean are also heard, although Asian programmes have been since transferred to the BBC Asian Network
, on medium-wave in the area.
The station also runs an Open Centre at its Priory Place Centre, where people can drop in to take part in multi-media learning and creative activity.
transmitter at an existing tower at Meriden
provides Coventry and North Warwickshire with good signals on 94.8 MHz, a frequency vacated by BRMB Radio
in Birmingham before it moved to 96.4 MHz in 1989.
The South Warwickshire area receives a strong signal on 103.7 MHz from a 1.4 kW transmitter located at an existing television relay site on a hill at Lark Stoke, 7.5 km west-northwest of Shipston-on-Stour
and 12 km south of Stratford-upon-Avon
.
A small pocket of poor reception in Nuneaton was later resolved by adding a low power relay transmitter on 104.0 MHz.
BBC CWR went digital shortly after the launch of the local DAB multiplex on 31 January 2001 with NOW Digital 12D Coventry in the Coventry area with transmissions from Samuel Vale House (central Coventry), Barwell
Water Tower near Hinckley
, Meriden and Leamington Spa
. BBC C&W is carried along with other local stations Mercia FM
, Classic Gold
1359 and Touch FM
.
Management
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
and the county of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. It broadcasts on 94.8, 103.7 and 104 MHz FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
, DAB Digital Radio
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....
and is streamed
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
on the internet via the BBC Website.
Based in the Priory Place Shopping Precinct at the heart of re-developing Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
City Centre, the new centre is a multi-million pound state-of-the-art broadcast centre, which is home to radio, local online, an interactive open centre and facilities for regional and local TV news.
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire broadcasts from 5am to 10pm every weekday, 6am - 6pm on Saturday, and 6am - 7pm on Sunday and airs evening simulcasts with other BBC Local Radio stations in the Midlands and BBC Radio 5 Live programming overnight.
History
BBC Local RadioBBC Local Radio
BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. They cover a variety of areas with some serving a city and surrounding areas, for example BBC Radio Manchester; a county, for example BBC Radio Norfolk; an administrative region for...
in the 1990s underwent an expansion programme where counties and other areas without a local radio station were identified and five stations were to launch: BBC Radio Surrey
BBC Surrey
BBC Surrey is the BBC Local Radio service covering the English county of Surrey, along with North-East Hampshire and the northern fringes of West Sussex including Crawley, East Grinstead and Gatwick Airport...
, BBC Radio Berkshire
BBC Radio Berkshire
BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, as well as parts of North Hampshire, including Basingstoke. Radio Berkshire broadcasts on 94.6 , 95.4 , 104.1 and 104.4 FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest...
, BBC Radio Suffolk
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 , 95.9 , 103.9 and 104.6 FM...
, BBC Wiltshire Sound
BBC Wiltshire
BBC Wiltshire is the BBC Local Radio station and BBC Online service for the English county of Wiltshire. The station marked its 20th anniversary in 2009.-BBC Wiltshire Sound :...
and BBC Radio Warwickshire.
The Radio Warwickshire working title was changed to BBC CWR by the time the station launched in January 1990. The name CWR (Coventry and Warwickshire Radio) reflected the wider area that the new station would cover, taking in the city of Coventry with the whole of the county of Warwickshire, which was then also served by BBC Radio WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
. The station broadcast from a Victorian-style mansion on Warwick Road, close to Coventry railway station
Coventry railway station
Coventry railway station is situated about 250 yards to the south of junction 6 of the inner ring road in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England...
. Smaller studios were located in Atherstone, Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.
1990 weekday launch schedule
- 0600 Neil Pringle's Breakfast Show
- 0900 Eric Dixon's Really Useful Radio Show
- 1100 Michelle Guinness: A Taste of Guinness
- 1400 Peter McGarry: McGarry and Friends
- 1600 Steve Woodhall: Day to Day
- 1900 Specialist evening programming
- Monday: Matthew Carr's Country Show
- Tuesday: Carousel (arts magazine)
- Wednesday: 1900 The World of Music, 2000 Mel Hill's Jazz Beat
- Thursday: 1900 East in West (94.8FM) or Richard Walker's Folk Show (103.7FM), 2000 Richard Walker's Folk Show (103.7FM), 2030 The Local Network (94.8FM)
- Friday: East in West (94.8FM) or Record Collectors
- 2100 John Taynton
1993 weekday schedule
- 0600 Pete Sylvester (Early breakfast show)
- 0700 Breakfast with Jim Lee
- 1000 Maurice Dee and Stevie Price
- 1200 Lunchtime with Anna King
- 1400 Charles Hodkinson
- 1600 Duncan Stanworth
- 1900 Specialist evening programming
- Monday: 1900 FEM FM, 2000 Poles Apart
- Tuesday: Irish Extra
- Wednesday/Thursday: East in West
- Friday: Grapevine
- 2100 John Taynton
- 0000 Simulcast with BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
Problems and closure
From day one, BBC CWR faced strong competition from the established commercial radio stations in the area. Mercia SoundMercia FM
Mercia is an Independent Local Radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. The station, owned and operated by Orion Media broadcasts from studios shared with BRMB at Broad Street in Birmingham.-History:...
had been an outstanding success since its own launch ten years earlier in 1980. Xtra AM
Classic Gold
Classic Gold was a network of three "Gold" music formatted stations which broadcast on AM in Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. They were the Pennine Radio, Viking Radio and Radio Hallam's medium wave franchises...
, the AM-only sister station from Mercia Sound, also enjoyed high listenership since it split from Mercia and launched in 1989.
CWR seemed to find it difficult to compete for the very large audiences built up by Mercia and Xtra. It was, however, well respected and highly regarded with its regular audience.
The BBC, under Director-General John Birt, deemed that CWR was not sufficiently successful in audience terms to warrant its continuation, and within increasing financial constraints in February 1995 CWR was to close. Regular listeners were hugely disappointed and phoned presenter Jon Gaunt
Jon Gaunt
Jonathan Charles Gaunt , is an English radio talk show presenter, TV Personality, newspaper columnist, social commentator and spokesman....
to protest about the decision.
In 1995 BBC CWR merged with neighbouring BBC Radio WM in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, was re-named BBC Coventry and Warwickshire and would operate as an opt-out service from BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
with the remainder of the schedule as shared programming. This had the effect of alienating local listeners, whilst paradoxically presenters from WM, such as Ed Doolan
Ed Doolan
Edwin Myer Doolan is an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who is a twenty-eight year veteran of the BBC and was awarded the MBE in 1998...
, Malcolm Boyden
Malcolm Boyden
Malcolm George Boyden is a double Sony award winning BBC Local Radio Presenter, who currently presents the Breakfast Show on BBC Oxford 95.2fm as well as a Saturday show on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire...
and Tony Butler
Tony Butler
Tony Butler is a Birmingham based UK sports broadcaster and one of the first stars of local radio in Britain, known for a distinctive local accent and sometimes controversial style. In 2007, he was honoured by the Sony Radio Academy with a Lifetime Achievement Award.-Early career:Tony Butler was...
received high listening figures and distinctions with three Sony Radio Academy Awards
Sony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
, including Radio Station of the Year in 1996.
Its studios were relocated from Warwick Road to much smaller premises on Greyfriars Road. All local programmes except breakfast with Annie Othen, the afternoon show with Bob Brolly, Poles Apart on Wednesdays, and weekend football coverage of Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
were replaced with programmes from Birmingham.
2003 saw the station re-labelled as BBC WM across Coventry and Warwickshire.
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire relaunches
In 2003 Director-General of the BBC, Greg DykeGreg Dyke
Gregory "Greg" Dyke is a British media executive, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am...
, announced on-air that Coventry and Warwickshire was again to have its own BBC Local Radio
BBC Local Radio
BBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. They cover a variety of areas with some serving a city and surrounding areas, for example BBC Radio Manchester; a county, for example BBC Radio Norfolk; an administrative region for...
station. Describing the situation with presenter Annie Othen, Mr Dyke said that the station would be added to the BBC's Local Radio portfolio:
"I'm very pleased to announce that we're planning to open a new radio station in Coventry - an area that's been served by BBC WM since 1995. We hope the new station will be housed in a modern, vibrant building close to Coventry Cathedral in the heart of the city. Alongside the radio studios, there'll also be an open centre to provide access to BBC Learning facilities similar to the already established centres in Blackburn, Sheffield and Stoke. Open Centres provide a valuable community role, so this is an exciting venture for the BBC."
He also added that the 1995 closure of CWR was a mistake:
"The decision was made under different circumstances - and now we're in a position to change it."
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire relaunched as a stand-alone station on 3 September 2005 with full local programming for 15 hours a day.
Current programming
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire has a varied mixed programming format, and plays much more music than other BBC Local Radio stations, such as BBC Three Counties RadioBBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire...
, which is predominantly speech-based. The local diverse make-up of the region also plays a part in the station's schedule; Poles Apart, the station's longest-running community programme, is targeted at first-generation Polish immigrants. Other shows aimed at the Irish, Asian and Afro-Caribbean are also heard, although Asian programmes have been since transferred to the BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
, on medium-wave in the area.
The station also runs an Open Centre at its Priory Place Centre, where people can drop in to take part in multi-media learning and creative activity.
Transmission
The BBC initially supplied two powerful FM transmitters for BBC CWR to cover the whole of the county. A 2.2 kilowattKw
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transmitter at an existing tower at Meriden
Meriden, West Midlands
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provides Coventry and North Warwickshire with good signals on 94.8 MHz, a frequency vacated by BRMB Radio
Brmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
in Birmingham before it moved to 96.4 MHz in 1989.
The South Warwickshire area receives a strong signal on 103.7 MHz from a 1.4 kW transmitter located at an existing television relay site on a hill at Lark Stoke, 7.5 km west-northwest of Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish on the River Stour about south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, close to the boundaries with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire....
and 12 km south of Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
.
A small pocket of poor reception in Nuneaton was later resolved by adding a low power relay transmitter on 104.0 MHz.
BBC CWR went digital shortly after the launch of the local DAB multiplex on 31 January 2001 with NOW Digital 12D Coventry in the Coventry area with transmissions from Samuel Vale House (central Coventry), Barwell
Barwell
Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 8,750 people. The name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as Borewell,...
Water Tower near Hinckley
Hinckley
Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...
, Meriden and Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington or Leam to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe...
. BBC C&W is carried along with other local stations Mercia FM
Mercia FM
Mercia is an Independent Local Radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. The station, owned and operated by Orion Media broadcasts from studios shared with BRMB at Broad Street in Birmingham.-History:...
, Classic Gold
Classic Gold
Classic Gold was a network of three "Gold" music formatted stations which broadcast on AM in Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. They were the Pennine Radio, Viking Radio and Radio Hallam's medium wave franchises...
1359 and Touch FM
Touch FM (Coventry)
96.2 Touch FM is a radio station that broadcasts to Coventry but not from Coventry, having moved out of the city to base itself elsewhere and co-locate with other Midlands radio stations leaving Coventry with only 1 local radio station left, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire...
.
Weekdays
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0500 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Up All Night Up All Night (radio show) Up All Night is a programme broadcast on the national radio station BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom, and is on air between the hours of 1 am and 5 am every night... |
London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 0500 - 0600 | Marian McNamee | Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
| 0600 - 0900 | Shane O'Connor | |
| 0900 - 1200 | Annie Othen | |
| 1200 - 1400 | Bob Brolly | |
| 1400 - 1700 | Vic Minett | |
| 1700 - 1900 | Tim Boswell | |
| 1900 - 2200 | Richard Spurr | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
| 2200 – 0100 | Amanda Bowman |
Weekday variations
| Day | Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 0000 - 0100 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Stephen Nolan Stephen Nolan Stephen Nolan, born Belfast in 1973, is a radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Five Live. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen's University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies.... |
Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
| Friday | 1800 - 1900 | BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport: Geoff Foster | Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
| 1900 - 2000 | Clive's 70s Jukebox: Clive Eakin | ||
| 2000 - 2200 | BBC Introducing: Martin Winch | ||
| 2100 - 2200 | Poles Apart: Monika Rozanski & Bozena Wilson | ||
| 2200 - 0100 | Dean Jackson | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
Saturday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0500 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Up All Night Up All Night (radio show) Up All Night is a programme broadcast on the national radio station BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom, and is on air between the hours of 1 am and 5 am every night... |
London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 0500 - 0600 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Morning Reports |
|
| 0600 - 0900 | Trish Adudu Trish Adudu Trish Adudu is a British freelance journalist, television presenter and DJ, lives in Coventry.-Career:Trish Abudu began working in television as an assistant producer of BBC's sport show Grandstand and the BBC's football show Match of the Day. She then presented on Janet Street Porter's series... |
Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
| 0900 - 1200 | Malcolm Boyden Malcolm Boyden Malcolm George Boyden is a double Sony award winning BBC Local Radio Presenter, who currently presents the Breakfast Show on BBC Oxford 95.2fm as well as a Saturday show on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire... |
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| 1200 - 1500 | Elliot Webb | |
| 1500 - 1800 | Summer Saturday: Martin Winch | |
| 1800 - 2000 | Network Gold: John Platt | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 2000 - 2100 | BBC Introducing...: Martin Winch | Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
| 2100 - 0000 | Keith Middleton | Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... |
Sunday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0000 - 0100 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Stephen Nolan Stephen Nolan Stephen Nolan, born Belfast in 1973, is a radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Five Live. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen's University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies.... |
Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
| 0100 – 0500 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Up All Night Up All Night (radio show) Up All Night is a programme broadcast on the national radio station BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom, and is on air between the hours of 1 am and 5 am every night... |
London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 0500 - 0600 | BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... : Morning Reports |
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| 0600 - 0700 | Duncan Jones | Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... |
| 0700 - 0900 | Stuart Linnell | |
| 0900 - 1200 | Mollie Green | |
| 1200 - 1400 | Best of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: Shane O'Connor & Rosie King | |
| 1400 - 1600 | Clive's 70s Jukebox: Clive Eakin | |
| 1600 - 1900 | Bob Brolly's Irish Programme | |
| 1900 - 2200 | Midlands Masala: Satnam Rana Satnam Rana Satnam Rana is a presenter for the BBC, currently presenting on BBC news programme Midlands Today and features on BBC WM. She worked at Five Live for two years then came to BBC Birmingham where she has been working since 2002.-Early life:... |
Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 2200 - 0000 | Keith Middleton | Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council... |
Production & Management Team
Producers- Kevin Lee (Weekday Breakfast)
- Alec Blackman (Weekday Late Breakfast Producer)
- Amrit Cheema(Weekday Mid-Morning)
- Stew Kingscott (Weekday Mid-morning)
- Fran Daly (Weekday Lunchtime 'Bob Brolly')
- Sarah James (Weekday Afternoons)
- Rosie King (Weekday Drivetime)
- Rob Baldock (Weekend Sport Producer)
- Hannah Tobin (Online)
- Faye Chambers (Online)
Management
- Jeremy Pollock (Managing Editor)
- Duncan Jones (Assistant Editor)
- Sue Curtis (News Editor)
- Tim Atkinson (Weekend Senior Broadcast Journalist)
- Eddie Jones (Broadcast Engineer)
- Lucy Winch (Station Administrator)
Slogans
- 1990 BBC CWR - Now You're Talking, The News Leader, The Sports Leader, Someone to turn to...
- 2002 BBC WM - Across Coventry and Warwickshire
- 2005 BBC Coventry and Warwickshire - A New Adventure Every Day
- 2010 BBC Coventry and Warwickshire - Be Part of It
External links
- BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
- Media UK BBC Coventry and Warwickshire
- MDS975's BBC CWR page
- History of local radio in Warwickshire
- MDS975's Memories of Mercia Sound page
- MDS975's Warwickshire radio transmitter coverage maps
- Barwell Water Tower (Digital)
- MB21's Lark Stoke transmitter page
- Leamington Spa (Digital)
- Meriden transmitter
- Nuneaton transmitter
- Samuel Vale House (Digital)
- David's Transmitter World