BBC Radio Lincolnshire
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| Broadcast area | Central Lincolnshire |
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| Frequency |
94.9 MHz (Belmont), 104.7 MHz (Grantham), 1368 kHz (Swanpool) RDS: BBCLincs |
| First air date | 11 November 1980 |
| Format | Local news, talk and music |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 14.7% (September 2014, [1]) |
| Owner |
BBC Local Radio, BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire |
| Webcast | Listen |
| Website | Official Website |
94.9 MHz (Belmont), 104.7 MHz (Grantham), 1368 kHz (Swanpool)
BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the major part of the English county of Lincolnshire (northern parts of the county are served by BBC Radio Humberside, and southern parts of the county are not served by BBC Local Radio). It broadcasts from studios near Newport Arch in Lincoln on 94.9 (most of the county) and 104.7 (Grantham) FM, 1368 (Swanpool, west Lincoln) AM and online.
Launched on 11 November 1980 at 7am with a commissioned peal of bells from Lincoln Cathedral. The first words spoken on BBC Radio Lincolnshire came from Nick Brunger: "And it's a warm welcome for the first time to the programmes of BBC Radio Lincolnshire."
In 1988 the station commissioned UK jingle producer Alfasound to compose a jingle package based on the traditional English folk song The Lincolnshire Poacher, continuing on this theme until 2006.
In 2006 it conducted a six-month trial of XDA pocket-PCs for the BBC, using Technica Del Arte's Luci mobile (on the hoof) interviewing application. It used to have a BBC Bus, until licence fee cutbacks in early 2008 forced budget priorities to be streamlined.
The station is located on Newport, Lincoln.
Under its first manager, Roy Corlett, the station achieved record audience figures as its programming of news, music and chat became very popular. Corlett left to found BBC Radio Devon and was replaced briefly by Laurie Bloomfield, who also left to launch a new BBC local station, BBC Radio Shropshire.
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