BBC Radio Norfolk
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| Broadcast area | Norfolk |
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| Frequency | 95.1 MHz FM (East Norfolk) 95.6 MHz FM (North Norfolk) 104.4 MHz FM (West Norfolk) 855 kHz AM (East Norfolk) 873 kHz AM (West Norfolk) DAB Digital Radio RDS: BBC Nrfk Freeview (channel 719 from 03/03/2015) |
| First air date | 11 September 1980 |
| Format | Mainly local news and talk |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 12.1% (September 2012, RAJAR) |
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BBC Local Radio, BBC East |
| Website | BBC Radio Norfolk |
BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Norfolk, broadcasting since 11 September 1980. It broadcasts from the studios of BBC East in The Forum, Norwich on 95.1 FM (Stoke Holy Cross), 104.4 FM (Great Massingham), 95.6 FM (West Runton, near Cromer), 855 kHz AM/MW (Postwick, east Norwich near the A47), 873 kHz AM/MW (West Lynn, near the A47 and River Great Ouse), DAB and through the internet using BBC iPlayer.
The station has regularly been one of the most listened-to on the BBC Local Radio network, as highest-rated in mainland England in 2003 and 2006. In 1986, the mid-morning programme The Norfolk Airline won the Sony Award for Best Magazine Programme, and the station won its second Radio Academy Award 28 years later in 2014, for Local Radio Journalist of the Year.
The station should not be confused with the fictional Radio Norwich in the television comedy series I'm Alan Partridge, or the commercial station 99.9 Radio Norwich.
BBC Radio Norfolk launched at 5:55 pm on 11 September 1980. It was the first BBC local station in East Anglia and the first after a gap of several years in the corporation's local radio development, due to the Government's review of local radio (both BBC and independent services) in the late 1970s. Due to the policy of launching only one local radio service at a time in a particular area, when it came to choosing whether Norfolk or Devon would receive a BBC or commercial station first, there was contention between the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) as to who would get which area. This was settled by the toss of a coin, the BBC winning and choosing Norfolk. The IBA got Devon and appointed DevonAir Radio.
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