BBC Radio Suffolk

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BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Suffolk, commencing broadcasts on 12 April 1990. It broadcasts from its studios in St Matthews Street, Ipswich on 95.5 (Oulton, near Lowestoft), 95.9 (Aldeburgh), 103.9 (Manningtree) and 104.6 (Great Barton, four miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds near the B1106 and Conyers Green) FM.

Transmitters

The Manningtree frequency is the strongest. The 470-foot transmitter is actually just south of Manningtree, in Essex, and indeed is one of the BBC Essex MW transmitters. However, the BBC Radio Suffolk broadcasts are directional. It also has Virgin Radio on 1233kHz, BBC National FM, BBC DAB National (the only one for Suffolk and Essex), and Digital One. The Great Barton transmitter also has SGR-FM on 96.4FM. The Oulton transmitter also has The Beach on 103.4FM and Digital One (since 16th December 2005). The 95.9FM frequency, from the Aldeburgh mast, is only recent and had to be approved by the Netherlands government in case of interference in Holland. The mast also has TV channels. There is no MW frequency or DAB signal. A mast at Sudbury (near Assington), which is the main TV transmitter for Suffolk, has the NOW Digital [Essex 12D multiplex], which has BBC Essex, even though the mast is in Suffolk. The mast at Oulton/Lowestoft, and one near the Suffolk border at Thetford have the NOW Digital [Norfolk 11B multiplex], which has Radio Norfolk.

Schedule

In the evenings on weekdays from 7pm, until 1am, output is shared with the rest of BBC East local radio, starting with Nick Lawrence, then from 10pm Nick Risby or Keith Skues continues. Broadcasts are either from Norwich, home of Look East or from Ipswich.

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