BBC Radio Sussex is the
BBC's local radio station serving the counties of
East
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Etymology
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and
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...
.
It broadcasts on
FM,
DAB, digital TV and via
BBC Sounds
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from studios on Queens Road in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
.
Programming
Local programming airs from the BBC's Brighton studios from 6am to 10am on Mondays to Saturdays and from 2-6pm on Saturdays.
Regional programming, shared with
BBC Radio Surrey
BBC Radio Surrey is the BBC's local radio station serving Surrey, north-east Hampshire and north West Sussex (including Gatwick Airport). It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at the University of Surrey in Guil ...
, airs from 10am - 10pm on weekdays, from 10am - 2pm and 8-10pm on Saturdays and from 6am - 6pm and 10pm - 1am on Sundays.
Off-peak programming, including the weekday late show from 10pm - 1am, originates from
BBC Radio Solent
BBC Radio Solent is the BBC's local radio station serving Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Havelock Road in Southampton.
According to RAJAR, the station has a ...
in Southampton and
BBC Radio Berkshire
BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Berkshire.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds studios at Thames Valley Park near Reading.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience ...
in Reading.
During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Sussex simulcasts overnight programming from
BBC Radio 5 Live
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and
BBC Radio London
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.
According to
RAJAR
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, BBC Radio Surrey and BBC Radio Sussex share a combined weekly audience of 248,000 listeners and a 3.9% share as of September 2021.
Sports coverage
BBC Radio Sussex covers every
Brighton and Hove Albion
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and
Crawley Town
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game live. On Saturdays, BBC Sussex Sport starts at 2pm, presented by Johnny Cantor from wherever Brighton are playing. This show contains interviews and features on all sports from within the county. The frequencies then split shortly before kick off, with Brighton's match on DAB, 95.0, 95.3 and 104.5FM, and Crawley on the remaining frequencies.
When non-traditional kick off times occur, the main presenter for the club in question presents a BBC Sussex sports special on midweek evenings.
Frequencies
*
Analogue VHF FM
**95.0
MHz
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Newhaven
**95.1 MHz -
Horsham
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**95.3 MHz -
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
(Whitehawk Hill transmitter)
**104.5 MHz -
East Sussex
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(Heathfield transmitter)
**104.8 MHz -
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...
/
South Coast South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area.
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(Burton Down transmitter)
*
DAB Digital Radio: Block 10B 211.648 MHz
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Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...
(Findon transmitter)
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Newhaven
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Hastings
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east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
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Eastbourne
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Chichester
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(Burton Down transmitter)
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Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
(Whitehawk Hill transmitter)
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Crawley
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(Little Prestwood Farm transmitter)
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East Sussex
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(Heathfield transmitter)
**Central Sussex (Truleigh Hill transmitter)
In addition, BBC Radio Sussex also broadcasts on
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* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
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TV channel 720 and streams online via
BBC Sounds
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.
History
BBC Radio Brighton (1968–1983)
''BBC Radio Brighton'' was one of the first wave of
BBC Local Radio
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History
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stations which took to the air during the late 1960s. Broadcasting from Marlborough Place, it officially opened on 14 February 1968, though a short-lived emergency service had been broadcast during the blizzards earlier that winter. Originally broadcast on 88.1 MHz VHF only, the station later acquired a medium wave frequency of 202m, and transferred to 95.3 MHz on VHF. The transmission area was initially restricted to little more than the immediate
Brighton and Hove
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conurbation, with the surrounding suburbs. However, coverage was extended to include
Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...
in the late 1970s.
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's early local radio output, Radio Brighton broadcast only for limited daytime hours in its early years, relying on
for a sustaining service, but building to a full daytime service by the mid-1970s. In the early years, the emphasis was on structured programmes rather than the open-ended magazine shows which have since become more common. The flagship was the breakfast news programme ''Coastwise''.
On 22 October 1983, as part of the BBC's move to extend its local radio network across the UK, the station expanded further to include the entire county. As a result, the 'Radio Brighton' name was dropped in favour of the more accurate BBC Radio Sussex.
. At first it ran a single all-talk schedule across Sussex and Surrey. However, in September 1997 two dedicated breakfast shows, one for Brighton and Hove on the old 95.3 frequency, and another for the remainder of Sussex, were introduced. The separate breakfast show for Brighton was discontinued in April 2006.
In March 2009 the county name returned to the radio station name when BBC Sussex became the new name for BBC Southern Counties Radio across Sussex. BBC Sussex and its sister station
continue effectively to operate as one station, with no change in management or infrastructure from its predecessor.
On 30 March 2020 the station reverted to its earlier name of BBC Radio Sussex.