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

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. It broadcasts on FM, AM,

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, Freeview and via

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from studios on Parade Road in

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. According to

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, the station has a weekly audience of 21,000 listeners and a 12.9% share as of December 2023.

Overview

The station first aired on 15 March 1982, when it was opened by George Howard, the then chairman of the BBC. The first voice to be heard was that of Peter Gore who was one of the four-person start-up team headed by Mike Warr. It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon in

, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994. Roger Bara, a long-standing breakfast show presenter, retired in 2012. 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 Guernsey. Like other

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enterprises in

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, funding comes primarily from

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fees collected in Jersey. In addition to its FM and AM frequencies, the station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 711 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 Guernsey also broadcasts, alongside ''BBC Radio Jersey Xtra'', a part-time stream carrying the station's AM opt-out content (chiefly parliamentary coverage), and a similar opt-out for Radio Guernsey. 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.

Location

The radio station shares premises at 18–21 Parade Road in

with BBC Channel Islands television news, and BBC Jersey's online services.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's

studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays. Regional programming for the

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, shared with BBC Radio Guernsey, airs from 2 pm to 10 pm on Mondays/Fridays, from 2pm-6pm Tuesdays/Wednesdays, 2pm to 8pm on Thursdays, also from 6 am to 8 pm on Saturdays and from 6 am to 6 pm 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 Jersey simulcasts overnight programming from

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and until recently, the station's AM frequencies used to simulcast Radio 5 Live on weekday evenings to provide better coverage of the station on AM during the hours of darkness.

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Radio stations in Jersey Radio stations established in 1982 1982 establishments in Jersey

Overview

Location

Programming

See also

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