BBC Radio Merseyside

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BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire. The third BBC local radio station to launch on 22 November 1967, it broadcasts from its studios in Hanover St, Liverpool on 95.8 (Allerton Park) FM, 1485 (Wallasey) MW and DAB.

The Allerton Park transmitter also transmits Radio City on 96.7FM. Both have the same coverage. DAB signals come from the EMAP Digital [Liverpool 11B multiplex] from Billinge Hill (strongest signal, near Billinge between St Helens and Wigan), Hope Mountain (between Buckley and Wrexham) and St. John's Beacon (on top of City FM's studios). EMAP owns City FM. BBC DAB National comes from Moel-y-Parc (the main television transmitter for North Wales) in Flintshire, which also has Digital One, and the North West MXR 12C multiplex .

BBC Radio Merseyside broadcasts from 6am until 1am each day, though formerly it shared programming with other BBC local radio shows in the North West, for those areas who can receive North West Today BBC news.

In 2004 reporters Simon Moffatt and Simon Harris flew to South Africa and launched the Books for Tembisa campaign. It was an inspired appeal as it was not 'give us your money.' The two journalists introduced us to children like Elton who told about their difficult lives in the township of Tembisa. The listeners were then asked to donate books. Over 100,000 children's books were donated and the radio station then built something like 40 libraries in Tembisa Schools.

On 15th July 2006 BBC Radio Merseyside moved from its former home in Paradise Street, Liverpool, to a new purpose-built studio building on the corner of Havover Street and College Lane in Liverpool. This building has three ground-floor studios next to a public performance space. An open learning centre is on the first floor and the main office is on the second floor. The first programme from the new building was presented by David Kenyon (aka Ian Kenyon).

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