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BBC Radio Shropshire

BBC Local Radio service for Shropshire

Summary

BBC Local Radio service for Shropshire

FieldValue
nameBBC Radio Shropshire
logoBBC Radio Shropshire 2022.svg
cityShrewsbury
areaShropshire
airdate23 April 1985
frequencyFM: 90.0 MHz (Church Stretton)
FM: 95.0 MHz (Ludlow)
FM: 96.0 MHz (Telford, Shrewsbury and Oswestry)
FM: 104.1 MHz (Clun)
DAB: 11B
Freeview: 713
rdsBBC Shrp
formatLocal news, talk and music
languageEnglish
ownerBBC Local Radio,
BBC West Midlands
licensing_authorityOfcom
websiteBBC Radio Shropshire

FM: 95.0 MHz (Ludlow) FM: 96.0 MHz (Telford, Shrewsbury and Oswestry) FM: 104.1 MHz (Clun) DAB: 11B Freeview: 713 BBC West Midlands

BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire.

It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Boscobel Drive in Shrewsbury.

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 77,000 listeners as of May 2025.

Technical

The 96 MHz FM signal from The Wrekin is the strongest, and can be heard from outside the county, especially along the M5 and M6 near Birmingham, as well as into western Staffordshire, southern Cheshire and Wrexham.

The other transmitters (on Black Hill near Clun, on Hazler Hill near Church Stretton, and in Mortimer Forest near Ludlow) have a much weaker signal only heard up to about 6 mi away. These three transmitters are for broadcasting to the south of the county, which has a hilly terrain that reduces the effectiveness of FM transmissions.

The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 713 in the BBC West Midlands region and streams online via BBC Sounds.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Shrewsbury studios from 6 am to 2pm each day with Adam Green at breakfast and mid-morning with Clare Ashford. The Sunday breakfast programme also broadcasts from the station.

The station's late show, airing from 10 pm to 1 am, originates from either BBC Radio London or BBC Radio Manchester.

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

Presenters

Notable current presenters

  • Adam Green, Michaela Wylde (Weekday Breakfast)
  • Clare Ashford (Mid-morning)
  • Paul Shuttleworth (Sunday Breakfast)

Notable former presenters

  • Chris Hawkins (went on to BBC Radio Nottingham)
  • Eleanor Oldroyd (went on to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 1)
  • Sybil Ruscoe (went on to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 1)
  • Ian Skelly (now on BBC Radio 3)
  • Tim Smith (went on to BBC Radio 2; now at Jazz FM)

References

References

  1. "RAJAR". RAJAR.
  2. (18 September 2002). "BBC – 6music – Chris Hawkins biography".
  3. "BBC Programme Index".
  4. "BBC Programme Index".
  5. "BBC Programme Index".
  6. "Sybil Ruscoe and Simon Mayo: Radio One 30 years on".
  7. "Broadcaster Ian Skelly coming to Ludlow to talk about 'Harmony', his new book co-written with Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper".
  8. "BBC Gramaphone Library".
  9. "BBC Radio 2 – Steve Wright in the Afternoon – Tim Smith".
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