BBC Radio Humberside

"Radio Humberside... its jingle was on Only Fools and Horses, you know"

BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Humberside

BBC Radio Humberside

Radio Humberside came on-air on 25th February 1971 from studios above the Post Office at Chapel Street in Hull, but local radio in the area goes back to pre-war days when the BBC set up a network of strangely named regional trial stations - 6KH broadcast from the City of Hull - the City also featured in the campaign for BBC Local Radio stations when a presenter, Frank Gillard recorded one of his trial programmes in the council chamber of the Guildhall. However, it wasn't until 1971 that things really got moving and the service commenced for East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire - three years before the actual country of Humberside was created.

Today, it covers The East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, the main studio centres being Hull, Bridlington, Beverley, Grimsby (St. James House), Scunthorpe and Goole. The breakfast show comes from both Hull and Grimsby studios. Football coverage features Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe Utd and Hull City plus the there's also coverage of the two Hull Rugby League clubs - all aired to approximately 250,000 people on 95.9FM and 1485AM. Plans are in place for a studio move to new premises.

Information amended from the excellent Aircheck UK webpage

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