BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

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BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 96FM (South) & 95.7FM (North) broadcasts as far north as Spalding, as far south as Letchworth, as far west as Oundle, and eastwards as far as Newmarket.

Officially launched on May 1st 1982, the station's first transmissions were only a few hours at breakfast and two hours in late afternoon. A full service came on line within the first year after public demand.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire has studios in both Cambridge and Peterborough. Cambridgeshire, however, is a big county and from the station's early days it was recognised that studios were needed across the transmission area. As a result, a team of BBC engineers were sent out to Wisbech, March, Ely & Huntingdon to set up un-manned studios, and equip a rather more unusual studio in the underground bunker of East Cambridgeshire District Council.

The BBC designated Cambridge and Peterborough as bi-media units in 1997, with programme makers working across both radio and TV. The Cambridge studios are now home to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and substantial parts of the BBC regional news programme, Look East. This was expanded further in 2001 when BBC Cambridgeshire became a tri-media unit with the launch of a 'Where I Live' website to cover news, sport, travel, weather and entertainment across the county.

Information amended from the excellent Aircheck UK webpage

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