BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC's local radio station serving the

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. It broadcasts on FM, AM,

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, digital TV and via

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from studios on Bulwer Avenue in St Sampson. According to

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, the station has a weekly audience of 18,000 listeners and a 14.9% share as of September 2022.

Overview

BBC Radio Guernsey has grown from a small part-time radio operation in the early 1980s into a full tri-media broadcaster, providing locally produced radio, online and TV services. Each week, the station broadcasts 40 hours of local programming ranging from news and current affairs to music and conversation. Like other BBC enterprises in Guernsey, funding comes primarily from

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fees collected in Guernsey itself. In recent years, local output has been reduced to eight hours on weekdays, coinciding with an increase in regional programming shared with sister station BBC Radio Jersey. In addition to its FM and AM frequencies, the station also broadcasts on

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TV channel 721 and streams online via

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BBC Radio Guernsey Online
Transmissions on

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began on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the Channel Islands DAB multiplex, on which BBC Radio Jersey also broadcasts, alongside ''BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra'', a part-time stream carrying the station's AM opt-out content (chiefly parliamentary coverage), and a similar opt-out for Radio Jersey. The stations are the first BBC stations to use the DAB+ standard – at the time of launch, all stations on the

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multiplex, and all other

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stations on the UK mainland, used the earlier DAB format.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's St Sampson's studios from 6am – 2pm on weekdays Regional programming for the Channel Islands, shared with BBC Radio Jersey, airs from 2-10pm on weekdays, from 6am – 6pm and 8-10pm on Saturdays and from 6am – 6pm on Sundays. Off-peak programming originates from

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in Plymouth, BBC Radio Cornwall in Truro and

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in Southampton. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Guernsey simulcasts overnight programming from

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and

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References and external links

External links

BBC Radio Guernsey

Listen live to BBC Radio Guernsey

Programme schedule

Media UK – BBC Radio Guernsey

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Overview

Programming

See also

References and external links

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