BBC Radio Gloucestershire

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BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Gloucestershire, which started on October 3 1988. It broadcasts from its studios in London Rd, Gloucester on 95 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester), 104.7 (Churchdown Hill, 1 km north of M5 J11a) FM and 1413 (Bourton-on-the-Water, just south of Stow-on-the-Wold, and Berkeley Heath, near the junction of the A38 and B4066, close to Dursley) AM. You can also listen via the internet.

The strongest signal is 104.7FM, though it is only north Gloucestershire that gets a clear signal; the south of the county would not be near enough for FM. The transmitter is not particularly high, is next to two mobile phone masts, and relatively under-powered. The transmitter also broadcasts Severn Sound on 102.4 FM. The Stroud transmitter also has Severn Sound on 103FM, and Star 107.9. From 1992, the station was broadcast only on FM, which did not cover the hilly areas such as the Forest of Dean and north Cotswolds which had tuned in on 603MW, so eventually in 1995, after losing all its listeners in these areas, two AM transmitters were switched on to much applause.

The breakfast show from 6 - 9am is presented by Mark Cummings. From 7pm - 1am each weekday, all BBC local radio stations in the West share the same two programmes. These are those in the Points West TV area, based in Bristol.

Radio Gloucestershire also has its own successful [BBC Gloucestershire] website which is one of the BBC's [Where I Live]websites, covering all of the UK at a local level.

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