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

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. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, 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 12,000 listeners and a 10.2% share as of December 2023.

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

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, 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 Freeview TV channel 713 and streams online via

. Transmissions on DAB 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 BBC National DAB multiplex, and all other BBC Local Radio stations on the UK mainland, used the earlier DAB format.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Saint Sampson studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays. Regional programming for the

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, shared with BBC Radio Jersey, airs from: 2pm to 10pm on Mondays/Fridays, 2pm to 6pm on Tuesdays/Wednesdays, 2pm to 8pm on Thursdays, 6am to 8pm on Saturdays and 6am to 6pm on Sundays. Off-peak programming originates from BBC Radio Cornwall in

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, BBC Radio Manchester and

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

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Overview

Programming

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