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BBC Radio Devon is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of
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. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Mannamead area of Plymouth. According to
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, the station has a weekly audience of 142,000 listeners and a 7.1% share as of September 2022.


History

BBC Radio Devon started broadcasting on 17 January 1983, replacing the BBC Radio 4 regional breakfast show '' Morning Sou'West''. On the same day,
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started broadcasting, as did BBC Breakfast television. When broadcasting started, the new studios in Exeter had not yet been finished, so BBC Radio Devon was broadcast from portable cabins for the first few weeks. The Exeter studios were officially opened by Alastair Milne, then
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, on 30 September 1983. BBC Radio Devon has reporters based in Exeter, Plymouth, Paignton and Barnstaple, allowing it to cover news stories throughout Devon. The Plymouth newsroom is shared with the BBC's regional TV news programme ''
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'' and also provides online news services. The station has won several
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for its programming.


Frequencies

Radio Devon is broadcast on the following frequencies from
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Broadcasting House in Plymouth and Pynes Hill in Exeter (transmitter location in brackets): * FM: ** 103.4 MHz main frequency ( North Hessary Tor) ** 94.8 MHz in Barnstaple ( Huntshaw Cross) ** 95.7 MHz in Plymouth (
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) ** 95.8 MHz in Exeter (St. Thomas) ** 96.0 MHz in
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** 104.3 MHz in
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and
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and the South Hams ( Beacon Hill) * DAB In addition, BBC Radio Devon also broadcasts on
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TV channel 720 in the BBC South West region and streams online via BBC Sounds. The station also broadcast on 1458 kHz in the
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area until the transmitter closed on 15 January 2018. The station's other AM transmissions, 801 kHz in North Devon ( Barnstaple) and 990 kHz in Exeter, were slated to cease in May/June 2021; however, this was postponed and the transmissions remained on air until after the 1100 BST news on 3 August 2021. Radio Devon previously broadcast on 855 AM in Plymouth; these transmissions ceased in 2007 and the frequency was used for a trial of Digital Radio Mondiale services, though these trials ultimately did not lead to DRM going into permanent service in the UK.BBC Research and Development
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Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Plymouth studios from 6am - 1am on Sundays - Fridays and from 6am - 10pm on Saturdays. Some of the station's off-peak evening output is simulcast with sister stations in the BBC South West and
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regions. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Devon simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London.


Presenters

Notable current presenters include: *
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(Sunday mid-mornings)


References


External links

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