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BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire
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City Reading
Broadcast area Berkshire, North Hampshire and South Oxfordshire
Slogan People you know, travel you trust
Frequency 94.6 MHz, 95.4 MHz, 104.1 MHz, 104.4 MHz
DAB: 12D
Freeview: 719
First air date Tuesday 21 January 1992
Format Local news, talk and music
Language(s) English
Audience share 5.9% (September 2016, RAJAR)
Owner BBC Local Radio,
BBC South,
BBC London (E. Berks)
Website BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, North Hampshire, and South Oxfordshire. Radio Berkshire broadcasts on 94.6 (Henley-on-Thames), 95.4 (Windsor), 104.1 (Hannington) and 104.4 (Reading) FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The station is also available on DAB, Freeview, and through live streaming on the internet, also on demand for thirty days after broadcast through the BBC iPlayer.

The station began on 21 January 1992, starting as a sister station of Radio Oxford, broadcasting for part of the weekday and weekend mornings. Due to financial cutbacks, BBC Director-General John Birt announced that it was to merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to become BBC Thames Valley FM. On 14 February 2000, the two stations became separate once again.

The jingles used were the same as those formerly used by Radio Sheffield, provided by Bespoke Music of Penryn in Cornwall. Currently, BBC Radio Berkshire now use the generic BBC Local Radio jingle by Mcasso Music Production.


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