BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield

City	Sheffield
Broadcast area	South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire
Slogan	Be part of it!
Frequency	FM: 88.6 MHz, 94.7 MHz, 104.1 MHz MW: 1035 kHz DAB: 11C DTR: 734 (Freeview) RDS: BBC SHEF
First air date	15 November 1967
Format	Local news, talk and music
Language(s)	English
Audience share	20% (July 2014, )
Owner	BBC Local Radio, BBC Yorkshire, BBC North West, BBC East Midlands
Website	BBC Radio Sheffield

BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This includes the city of Sheffield, plus Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. It was the second BBC local radio station,^[1] beginning on 15 November 1967 broadcasting from a large Victorian house in Westbourne Road in the Broomhill area of the city. It now broadcasts from a new studio complex at 54 Shoreham Street in Sheffield city centre, on 88.6, 94.7, 104.1 FM, 1035 AM, DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and DTR (Digital Television Radio). It is also available through live streaming on the internet.

According to RAJAR, as of November 2014 BBC Radio Sheffield has 276,000 listeners, which represents 21.2% % of the reach.^[2]

Transmitters

The 104.1FM signal is broadcast at 2,500 ft from the Holme Moss transmitter^[3] in West Yorkshire, near the border with Derbyshire, enabling the signal to be clearly heard in Barnsley, North Rotherham, Doncaster and parts of Nottinghamshire.

The 88.6FM signal is broadcast from the Crosspool transmitter^[4] on Tapton Hill to serve Sheffield and parts of Rotherham. It also broadcasts DAB^[5] on 11C multiplex for Sheffield and surrounding areas and it broadcasts DTR^[6] for South Yorkshire and surrounding areas for freeview TV channel 734 on UHF 27-522MHz the BBCA multiplex.

The 94.7FM signal is broadcast from the Chesterfield transmitter^[7] and serves Derbyshire, parts of Nottinghamshire and the East of South Yorkshire. The Chesterfield signal can be heard as far south on the M1 as Copt Oak. It broadcasts DAB^[8] on 11C multiplex (same as Crosspool transmitter) for the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire area. It also broadcasts DTR^[9] for Chesterfield for freeview TV channel 734 on UHF 26-514MHz on the BBCA multiplex.

The 1035AM signal is broadcast from the Broadfield Road transmitter^[10] in Sheffield (behind Heeley swimming baths) and serves South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and parts of Lincolnshire and West Yorkshire.

A DAB signal is broadcast from the Clifton transmitter^[11] (next to the M18 east of Rotherham) to serve Rotherham, Doncaster, Worksop and surrounding areas. Another DAB signal is broadcast from Ardsley transmitter^[12] East of Barnsley to serve Barnsley, Dearne Valley and parts of West Yorkshire. Both transmitters use the Bauer South Yorkshire 11C multiplex (Same as Crosspool and Chesterfield transmitters).

The Emley Moor transmitter^[13] broadcasts DTR for freeview TV channel 734 for Yorkshire, Derbyshire and parts of Lincolnshire on UHF 47-682MHz the BBCA multiplex. Other local TV transmitters such as Crosspool relay their signal from Emley Moor.

Programming

The majority of the station's programming is produced and broadcast from Sheffield. During off-peak hours, BBC Radio Sheffield carries regional programming for Yorkshire and the North Midlands from sister station BBC Radio Leeds, which also originates the networked evening shows for BBC Local Radio on weekday evenings (produced independently by Wire Free Productions).

The station's local presenters include Toby Foster, Rony Robinson, Paulette Edwards and Howard Pressman.

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Sheffield simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live.

Notable past presenters

References

External links

BBC Local Radio

East	BBC Essex Radio Cambridgeshire Radio Norfolk Radio Northampton Radio Suffolk Three Counties Radio

East Midlands	Radio Derby Radio Leicester Radio Nottingham

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire	Radio Humberside Radio Lincolnshire

North West	Radio Lancashire Radio Manchester Radio Merseyside

North East and Cumbria	BBC Tees BBC Newcastle Radio Cumbria

South East	Radio Kent BBC Surrey BBC Sussex

South	Radio Berkshire Radio Oxford Radio Solent

London	Radio London

South West and the Channel Islands	Radio Cornwall Radio Devon Radio Guernsey Radio Jersey

West	Radio Bristol Radio Gloucestershire BBC Somerset BBC Wiltshire

West Midlands	BBC WM BBC Coventry & Warwickshire BBC Hereford and Worcester Radio Shropshire Radio Stoke

Yorkshire	Radio Leeds Radio Sheffield Radio York

Former stations	Dorset FM Radio Durham Southern Counties Radio Thames Valley FM

Coordinates: 53°22′33″N 1°28′00″W / 53.3759°N 1.4668°W / 53.3759; -1.4668

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