BBC Radio Jersey
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BBC Radio Jersey is the BBC Local Radio
service for Jersey
, Channel Islands
. It broadcasts from its studios at 18-21 Parade Road in Saint Helier
on 88.8 FM
, 1026 AM
as well as online at Jersey.
The station first aired on 15 March 1982, when it was opened by George Howard
, then chairman of the BBC. It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon in St Helier, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994. The radio station shares premises with BBC Channel Islands television news & the BBC Jersey Local website and is part of the BBC South West
region.
BBC Radio Jersey broadcasts from 06:00 with Simon Jupp and runs through until 19:00 when regional evening programming takes over. It also broadcasts live coverage of the States of Jersey
every other week on its Medium Wave frequency 1026.
Like other BBC enterprises in Jersey, funding comes primarily from television licence
fees collected in Jersey itself.
The current managing editor of BBC Radio Jersey is Jon Gripton. He replaced Denzil Dudley who retired after 13 years as Radio Jersey editor in October 2010.
A number of evening and weekend programmes are simulcast with BBC Local Radio
stations in the South West
and West
regions on Radio Jersey's FM frequencies. BBC Radio Jersey broadcasts BBC Radio 5 Live on MW in the evening and on a Saturday afternoon.
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...
service for Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
, Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
. It broadcasts from its studios at 18-21 Parade Road in Saint Helier
Saint Helier
Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the capital of the Island . The urban area of the parish of St...
on 88.8 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"...
, 1026 AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
as well as online at Jersey.
The station first aired on 15 March 1982, when it was opened by George Howard
George Howard
George Howard may refer to:*George Howard , governor of Maryland, 1831–1833*George Howard , American smooth jazz saxophonist, known for his R&B sound...
, then chairman of the BBC. It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon in St Helier, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994. The radio station shares premises with BBC Channel Islands television news & the BBC Jersey Local website and is part of the BBC South West
BBC South West
BBC South West is the BBC English Region serving Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands.-Television:BBC South Wests television service consists of the flagship regional news service Spotlight, the opt-out service BBC Channel Islands, the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute...
region.
BBC Radio Jersey broadcasts from 06:00 with Simon Jupp and runs through until 19:00 when regional evening programming takes over. It also broadcasts live coverage of the States of Jersey
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....
every other week on its Medium Wave frequency 1026.
Like other BBC enterprises in Jersey, funding comes primarily from television licence
Television licensing in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, any household watching or recording live television transmissions is required to purchase a television licence every year. As of 2010, this costs £145.50 for colour and £49.00 for black and white. The licence is required to receive any live...
fees collected in Jersey itself.
The current managing editor of BBC Radio Jersey is Jon Gripton. He replaced Denzil Dudley who retired after 13 years as Radio Jersey editor in October 2010.
Programming
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...
stations in the South West
BBC South West
BBC South West is the BBC English Region serving Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands.-Television:BBC South Wests television service consists of the flagship regional news service Spotlight, the opt-out service BBC Channel Islands, the topical magazine programme Inside Out and a 20-minute...
and West
BBC West
BBC West is the BBC English Region serving Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.-Television:...
regions on Radio Jersey's FM frequencies. BBC Radio Jersey broadcasts BBC Radio 5 Live on MW in the evening and on a Saturday afternoon.
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 – 0530 | 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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| 0530 – 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... : Wake Up to Money Wake Up to Money Wake Up to Money is an early morning weekday financial radio programme on BBC Radio Five Live. It is broadcast from 5.35am - 6am in the early morning.-History:... |
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| 0600 - 0700 | Tim Pryor | St Helier |
| 0700 - 1000 | Roger Bara | |
| 1000 - 1300 | Carrie Cooper & Sara Palmer | |
| 1300 - 1315 | Jersey at One: Chris Rayner | |
| 1315 - 1600 | Simon Jupp | |
| 1600 - 1900 | Christina Ghidoni | |
| 1900 - 2200 | Duncan Warren | Truro Truro Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census... |
| 2200 – 0100 | The Late Show: Vic Morgan | Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound... |
Thursday variations
| Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1600 - 1800 | Christina Ghidoni | St Helier |
| 1800 - 1900 | Talkback: Christina Ghidoni |
Friday variations
| Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0700 - 1000 | Chris Stone | St Helier |
| 1600 - 1800 | Christina Ghidoni | |
| 1800 - 1900 | Sportscene: Matthew Price and Richard Collinson |
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 |
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| 0600 - 0700 | Kevin Pamplin | St Helier |
| 0700 - 1000 | Chris Stone | |
| 1000 - 1300 | Murray Norton | |
| 1300 - 1400 | BBC Introducing: Ryan Morrison | |
| 1400 - 1700 | Sportscene: Tim Pryor | |
| 1700 - 1800 | 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... : Sports Report |
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... |
| 1805 - 2000 | The Vintage Top 40 | Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound... |
| 2000 - 2200 | Geoff Barker's Rock 'n' Roll Party | Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... |
| 2200 - 0100 | Graham Torrington's Saturday Night Love Songs | Plymouth |
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... |
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 - 0900 | Chris Stone | St Helier |
| 0900 - 1200 | Sunday Brunch: Gwyn Garfield-Bennett | |
| 1200 - 1400 | Tim Pollard | |
| 1400 - 1700 | Phil Taylor | |
| 1700 - 1900 | The Vintage Top 40 | Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound... |
| 1900 - 2000 | Sounds of Brass: Phillip Hunt | Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... |
| 2000 - 2200 | David Lowe | |
| 2200 - 0100 | Graham Torrington's Night Time | Plymouth |