BBC Radio Oxford
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BBC Radio Oxford is the BBC Local Radio
station for the English county of Oxfordshire
, broadcasting on 95.2 FM via the Oxford transmitter
and online. The station broadcasts live from the BBC's Summertown studios in Oxford between 5am and 7pm each weekday, for over 13 hours on Saturdays & 19 hours on Sundays. It also carries regional programming simulcast with the BBC's local radio stations in the South
and South East
regions.
BBC Radio Oxford also produces its own news service from its offices in Oxford with a regional reporter based in the north of the county and regular reports and outside broadcasts from around Oxfordshire. The weather service is provided by a team in Southampton.
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 for the English county of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, broadcasting on 95.2 FM via the Oxford transmitter
Oxford transmitting station
The Oxford transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated on land above Ordnance Datum to the north east of the city of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England . It has a guyed steel lattice mast which is in height to the top of the main steel structure...
and online. The station broadcasts live from the BBC's Summertown studios in Oxford between 5am and 7pm each weekday, for over 13 hours on Saturdays & 19 hours on Sundays. It also carries regional programming simulcast with the BBC's local radio stations in the South
BBC South
BBC South is the BBC English Region serving West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, western Berkshire, Oxfordshire, south east Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.-Television:...
and South East
BBC South East
BBC South East is the BBC English Region serving East Sussex, Kent, and parts of Surrey and West Sussex.The BBC region was created in September 2001 by the joining of the Heathfield transmitter , with the Bluebell Hill and Dover transmitters to form a new regional TV service...
regions.
BBC Radio Oxford also produces its own news service from its offices in Oxford with a regional reporter based in the north of the county and regular reports and outside broadcasts from around Oxfordshire. The weather service is provided by a team in Southampton.
History
- Early 1970 - Oxford was chosen as a location for BBC local radio and premises in Summertown found at 242-254 Banbury Road. The site is known as Barclay House and was previously a Rolls Royce showroom.
- Mid 1970: Staff were recruited, a small number with BBC experience but mostly local people, and the studios at Summertown are built.
- September 1970 - On air staff trained at The Langham Hotel in London
- Early October 1970 - Three weeks of test transmissions begin.
- 29 October 1970 - BBC Radio Oxford officially begins transmission at 5pm on 95.0MHz VHF.
- 31 December 1970 - Radio Times lists BBC Radio Oxford programmes for the first time.
- 5 October 1972 - Due to high demand by residents who did not have VHF/FM on their radios, BBC Radio Oxford begins broadcasting on 202 metres medium wave (1484kHz). The station would also be available on the local cable network on 'Redefusion Channel A'.
- 26 June 1973 - BBC Radio Oxford moves its VHF frequency to 95.2MHz to avoid interference with BBC Radio London on 94.9MHz.
- 22 May 1976 - The station opens its studios to the public for an open weekend.
- October 1980 - BBC Radio Oxford celebrates 10 years on air by publishing a magazine.
- April/May 1989 - BBC Radio Oxford moves to purpose built studios at 269 Banbury Road, Summertown.
- 9 April 1996 - Radio Oxford merges with BBC Radio BerkshireBBC Radio BerkshireBBC 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...
to form the short-lived BBC Thames Valley FMBBC Thames Valley FMBBC Thames Valley FM was a BBC Local Radio station covering the English counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, broadcasting between 1996 and 2000.-History:...
. Local programming is restricted to separate news bulletins for the two counties. - 14 February 2000 - Radio Oxford is revived, although most output continues to be shared with Radio Berkshire.
- 2004 - BBC Radio Oxford relaunches with a new line-up of presenters. By now, the station has regained a full line up of local programming.
- April 2008 - The station is rebranded as BBC Oxford 95.2FM as part of a relaunch involving the regional TV news programme BBC Oxford News (previously South Today Oxford).
- October 2010 - The station celebrates its 40th anniversary and reverts back to the Radio Oxford branding.
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... |
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... |
| 0500 - 0700 | Joel Hammer | Radio Oxford |
| 0700 - 1000 | Phil Gayle Phil Gayle Phil Gayle is a newsreader, currently working as a freelance journalist. Former credits include The Big Breakfast and the ITV News Channel.... |
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| 1000 - 1300 | 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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| 1300 - 1600 | Jo Thoenes | |
| 1600 - 1900 | James Cannon | |
| 1900 - 2200 | Roger Day Roger Day Broadcaster Roger "Twiggy" Day Real name Roger Thomas currently presents on six BBC Local Radio stations across southern England.-Early career:... |
BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the... |
| 2200 - 0100 | Paul Miller | BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. Its studios are located in Southampton, in the same purpose-built office block in Havelock Road as the BBC South Today news studios, and there are district offices in Portsmouth,... |
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... |
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... |
| 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 - 0900 | Joel Hammer | Radio Oxford |
| 0900 - 1200 | Phil Kennedy Phil Kennedy Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster who currently presents with two BBC Local Radio stations.-Biography:Phil's radio career began on Radio Jackie when it was still a pirate radio station, he then moved to Top Shop's instore radio station on London's Oxford Street... on Saturday |
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| 1200 - 1400 | Gillham Gold: Tony Gillham | |
| 1400 - 1800 | BBC Radio Oxford Sport: Nathan Cooper | |
| 1800 - 2100 | Dave Cash Dave Cash (disc jockey) Dave Cash is a veteran British radio presenter who works for BBC Radio Kent, having had previous spells at Radio London, BBC Radio 1, Capital Radio, Radio West , Country 1035 and PrimeTime Radio.-Radio career:Cash was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, U.K... |
BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the... |
| 2100 - 0100 | David Allen | BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. Its studios are located in Southampton, in the same purpose-built office block in Havelock Road as the BBC South Today news studios, and there are district offices in Portsmouth,... |
Sunday
| 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... |
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... |
| 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 - 0900 | Charles Nove Charles Nove Charles Alexis Nove born in London, is a long standing news and continuity voiceover announcer for BBC radio and television. In recent years he has provided holiday relief for BBC Radio 2 and what used to be Saga Radio in Scotland, and following John Marsh's retirement in February 2007 he became... |
Radio Oxford |
| 0900 - 1200 | Bill Heine Bill Heine Bill Heine is the Sunday Morning presenter on BBC Radio Oxford 95.2 FM . He has worked for BBC Radio Oxford since 1983, and is considered by many to be very opinionated and perhaps somewhat controversial in the field of radio presenting... |
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| 1200 - 1400 | Sunday Lunch- Gardening & Food: Bill Buckley | |
| 1400 - 1700 | Irish Eye: Henry Wymbs | |
| 1700 - 1900 | Will Banks' Soul Prescription | |
| 1900 - 2100 | Gillham Gold: Tony Gillham | |
| 2100 - 2200 | BBC Oxford Introducing BBC Oxford Introducing BBC Oxford Introducing is a local music show in Oxfordshire, and part of the main BBC Introducing brand. The show is broadcast between 9 and 10pm on Sunday nights on BBC Oxford and is presented by Dave Gilyeat and Sam King.- History :... : Dave Gilyeat & Sam King |
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| 2200 - 0100 | Harmony Night: Bill & Angela Rennells |
Past presenters
- Richard AllinsonRichard AllinsonRichard John McNeill Allinson is a British broadcaster. He started his broadcasting with a 3-year stint at Bailrigg FM, known at that time as University Radio Bailrigg ,whilst undertaking college courses at Lancaster University Management School. He was firstly Treasurer and then became President...
- Michael Apichella
- Andrew PeachAndrew PeachAndrew Peach is a radio presenter in the UK. He presents regular news and phone-in shows on BBC WM and BBC Radio Berkshire...
(now on BBC Radio BerkshireBBC Radio BerkshireBBC 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 WMBBC WMBBC 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...
and a newsreader on 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...
) - Seán Batty (Weather presenter, now with STV)
- Tim Bearder (BBC Oxford IntroducingBBC Oxford IntroducingBBC Oxford Introducing is a local music show in Oxfordshire, and part of the main BBC Introducing brand. The show is broadcast between 9 and 10pm on Sunday nights on BBC Oxford and is presented by Dave Gilyeat and Sam King.- History :...
, now works for BBC News OnlineBBC News OnlineBBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. The website is the most popular news website in the United Kingdom and forms a major part of BBC Online ....
) - Dominic Busby
- Alison BookerAlison Booker.Alison Chapman was a presenter and newsreader at 106 Jack FM and BBC Oxford and was renowned for her quick wit and double entendres....
- Jon BriggsJon BriggsJon Briggs was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford. His work spans Radio, TV, Voice-Over, Training and Conferences. He started in radio in 1981 as tea boy and progressed to the breakfast show with BBC Radio Oxford aged 19....
(now on BBC Radio Berkshire) - Humphrey CarpenterHumphrey CarpenterHumphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster.-Biography:...
- David Clargo (now Managing Editor of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire)
- Danny Cox
- Warren Lee
- Anne DiamondAnne DiamondAnne Margaret Diamond is an English radio and television presenter and journalist. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the similarly titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter...
(now on BBC Radio Berkshire) - Mike DickinMike DickinMike Dickin , was a late-night host on the British radio station talkSPORT. Dickin used to present the 1am to 6am slot at weekends on Talk Radio UK from 1995 to 2001. He returned filling in for James Whale during James' battle with kidney cancer...
- Hedley Feast
- Dave Freeman
- Jonathan HancockJonathan HancockJonathan Bruce Hancock is the Founder of The Junior Memory Championship. A two-time Guinness World Record-Holder and former World Memory Champion, he also spent fifteen years working as a radio presenter on BBC Radio Oxford...
- Bob HarrisBob Harris (radio)Robert Brinley Joseph "Bob" Harris, OBE , known as "Whispering" Bob Harris, is British radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week...
(now on BBC Radio 2) - Timmy MallettTimmy MallettTimmy Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster in the UK. He achieved cult status on BBC Radio Oxford and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and later on TV-am...
(now on BBC Radio Berkshire) - Denise O'Kelly
- Lawrence Pollard
- Libby PurvesLibby PurvesLibby Purves OBE is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. A diplomat's daughter, she was educated at convent schools in Israel, Bangkok, South Africa and France, and then Beechwood Sacred Heart School in Tunbridge Wells.Purves won a scholarship to St Anne's College, Oxford, where she...
(now on BBC Radio Four) - Vernon Harwood
- Mike Curtis (now Network Manager, BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian NetworkBBC 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...
) - Phil Rapps
- Gary Richardson (now on BBC Radio Five LiveBBC Radio Five LiveBBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
) - Alan RobertsAlan RobertsAlan Price-Roberts or Alan Roberts is a British radio presenter, producer and actor.- Broadcasting career :Originally from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Roberts made his radio debut at 19 with a short stint on Radio England as Rob Allen and a couple of programmes on sister station Britain Radio under...
- Sybil RuscoeSybil RuscoeSybil Ruscoe , is a radio and television presenterRuscoe began on the Express and Star newspaper in Wolverhampton. Then moved to Radio Wyvern in Worcester, Beacon Radio and BBC Radio Shropshire. She then teamed up with Simon Mayo on the Radio 1 Breakfast show in 1989...
- Nick Utechin (former Radio 4 producer)
- Kathleen Shaw
- Pat Little
- Mary Small
- Martin StanfordMartin StanfordMartin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007...
(now a Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
presenter) - Andy Wright