BBC Radio Cornwall
| File:BBC Radio Cornwall 2022.svg | |
| Broadcast area | Cornwall |
|---|---|
| Frequencies | FM: 95.2 MHz (East Cornwall) FM: 96.0 MHz (Isles of Scilly) FM: 103.9 MHz (West Cornwall) DAB: 11B Freeview: 713 |
| RDS | BBC CNWL |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English, Cornish |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Local Radio, BBC South West |
| History | |
First air date | 17 January 1983 |
Former frequencies | 630 MW 657 MW |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Ofcom |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Radio Cornwall |
BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cornwall.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf in Truro.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 92,000 listeners of May 2025.[1]
Overview
[edit | edit source]Until 31 December 1982, local radio services for Cornwall had amounted to a regional weekday breakfast show Morning Sou'West, aired on BBC Radio 4's frequencies in Devon and Cornwall, plus five-minute regional bulletins on Saturday mornings and Mondays to Saturdays at lunchtime and teatime. There was no regional output on Sundays.
On 17 January 1983, BBC Radio Cornwall (and BBC Radio Devon) launched, although for its first few years on air, both stations shared an afternoon programme.
Technical
[edit | edit source]BBC Radio Cornwall is broadcasts on 95.2 MHz for East Cornwall from the Caradon Hill transmitting station located on Bodmin Moor, 96.0 MHz on the Isles of Scilly and 103.9 MHz from Redruth transmitting station located on Lanner Hill for West Cornwall, as well as on DAB. It was also broadcast on 630 kHz and 657 kHz AM until 2 March 2020, when those transmitters were closed for cost savings.[2]
The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 713 in the BBC South West region and streams online via BBC Sounds.
Programming
[edit | edit source]Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Truro studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturdays.
Daniel Pascoe's show (Saturdays 6 pm to 8 pm) and his BBC Introducing show (Saturdays 8 pm to 10 pm) are both broadcast to BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Somerset.
David White's Boogie Wonderland show used to be broadcast on Saturdays between 10 pm to 1 am and was also broadcast to stations in the BBC South West and BBC West regions. This programme, along with all other late night regional programming, ended on 7 October 2023 due to BBC cutbacks, and was replaced with a networked England-wide late show which broadcasts every night of the week.
During the station's overnight downtime, BBC Radio Cornwall simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live
Cornish language output
[edit | edit source]Radio Cornwall is one of two radio stations to have broadcast programmes in the Cornish language. A five-minute weekly news bulletin, An Nowodhow, is broadcast every Sunday at 1.55pm.[3][4]
When Radio Cornwall was first set up Cornish language content was limited to around 2 minutes per week. In 1987, a new weekly 15-minute-long bilingual show, Kroeder Kroghan, detailing Celtic cultural events taking place in Cornwall, was introduced.[5]
Presenters
[edit | edit source]Notable past presenters
[edit | edit source]- Rod Lyon
- Caroline Righton
- Jonathan Samuels (now at Sky News)
- Brenda Wootton
- Richard Grace (BA Hons History 2021, MA Archives and Records Management)
See also
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- List of topics related to Cornwall
- Rewind Radio
- Hits Radio Cornwall
- Heart West
- Radyo an Gernewegva
- Cornish media
- List of Celtic-language media
- NOW Cornwall Multiplex
References
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- ^ Diarmuid O'Néill, Rebuilding the Celtic Languages: reversing language shift in the Celtic countries, 2005
- ^ John T. Koch, Celtic Culture: a historical encyclopedia, 2006
- ^ Martin John Ball, James Fife, The Celtic Languages, 1993
External links
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