BBC Hereford and Worcester
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| City | Hereford, Worcester |
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| Broadcast area | Herefordshire and Worcestershire |
| Frequency | RDS: BBC H&W, 104 MHz, 104.4 MHz, 104.6 MHz, 94.7 MHz, 738 kHz, 1584 kHz, DAB |
| First air date | 14 February 1989 |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 10.5% (March 2014, [1]) |
| Owner |
BBC Local Radio, BBC Midlands |
| Website | www |
BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. It broadcasts from its studios in both Worcester and Hereford on 104 (Worcester), 104.4 (Redditch) 104.6 (Kidderminster) and 94.7 (Hereford) FM; as well as 738 (Worcester) and 1584 (North Herefordshire) MW on AM plus DAB. Although the short lived administrative County of Hereford and Worcester was abolished in 1998 and reverted to the traditional historic counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the name of the station was not altered to reflect the change.
It serves the rural communities across Herefordshire as well as the more populous Worcestershire with a range of programmes from jazz, folk, country, funk and new music to daily local news, everyday discussion and outside broadcasts.
The station began broadcasting on 14 February 1989 (St Valentine's Day), and to mark the unusual, two-centre set-up for the radio station, the first record played was the song Two Hearts by Phil Collins. The original team of presenters included Graham Day (mid-morning), Gill Capewell (afternoons) and Allan Lee (drive). Other staff included Robert Piggott (now BBC Religious Affairs correspondent), TV journalist Liz MacKean and former LBC presenter Jeremy Dry.
When the station first began, Jane Garvey (of Radio Five Live) was one of the team of journalists. A few months later, she took over the Breakfast Show and went on to win a Sony Award with it.
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