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BBC Radio Lancashire

Field	Value
name	BBC Radio Lancashire
logo	BBC Radio Lancashire 2022.svg
city	Blackburn
area	Lancashire
airdate	26 January 1971
frequency	FM: 95.5 MHz (Central and East Lancashire)
FM: 103.9 MHz (Central and West Lancashire)
FM: 104.5 MHz (Lancaster and Morecambe Bay)
DAB: 12A
Freeview: 712
former_frequencies	855 MW
1557 MW
rds	BBC Lanc
format	Local news, talk and music
language	English
former_names	BBC Radio Blackburn (1971–1981)
BBC Lancashire
owner	BBC Local Radio,
BBC North West
licensing_authority	Ofcom
website

FM: 103.9 MHz (Central and West Lancashire) FM: 104.5 MHz (Lancaster and Morecambe Bay) DAB: 12A Freeview: 712 1557 MW BBC Lancashire BBC North West

BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lancashire in England.

Originally launched as BBC Radio Blackburn, it expanded in 1981 to cover the whole county and was renamed BBC Radio Lancashire.

It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Darwen Street in Blackburn.

According to RAJAR, the station had a weekly audience of 167,000 listeners in June 2025.

Technical

BBC Radio Lancashire broadcasts on three FM transmitters. The 103.9 FM signal, which covers the central and western parts of the area, comes 529 m high on the Winter Hill transmitter, and its height gives it the greatest coverage over Lancashire. The signal can also be picked up nearby in North Manchester. The station's other FM transmitters cover the eastern part of the county with an additional FM transmitter covering the Morecambe Bay area.

Beginning on 1 October 2001, the DAB signals have come from the EMAP Digital Central Lancashire 12A multiplex located at Winter Hill and Pendle Forest (near Nelson).

The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 712 in the BBC North West region and streams online via BBC Sounds.

Until 17 May 2021, BBC Radio Lancashire was also broadcasting on medium wave.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Blackburn studios from 6 am to 2 pm on Mondays to Fridays and for sports coverage.

The station usually broadcasts the whole of the Late Night programme, a programme carried by all BBC Local Radio stations (except in the case of sports coverage), which is broadcast between 10pm and 1am.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Lancashire simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live

Presenters

Notable former presenters

Alan Beswick
Jim Bowen
Gordon Burns
John Gillmore
Richard Hammond
Tony Livesey
Andy Peebles
Martin Roberts
Ted Robbins
Norman Thomas

References

"Quarterly Listening". RAJAR.
(14 April 2021). "Ten more stations turn off Medium Wave services".

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