BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC's local radio station serving the

Bailiwick of Guernsey The Bailiwick of Guernsey (french: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: ''Bailliage dé Guernési'') is an island country off the coast of France as one of the three Crown Dependencies. Separated from the Duchy of Normandy by and under the ...

. It broadcasts on FM, AM,

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, digital TV and via

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from studios on Bulwer Avenue in St Sampson. According to

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, the station has a weekly audience of 18,000 listeners and a 14.9% share as of September 2022.

Overview

BBC Radio Guernsey has grown from a small part-time radio operation in the early 1980s into a full tri-media broadcaster, providing locally produced radio, online and TV services. Each week, the station broadcasts 40 hours of local programming ranging from news and current affairs to music and conversation. Like other BBC enterprises in Guernsey, funding comes primarily from

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fees collected in Guernsey itself. In recent years, local output has been reduced to eight hours on weekdays, coinciding with an increase in regional programming shared with sister station

BBC Radio Jersey BBC Radio Jersey (Jèrriais: ''BBC Radio Jèrri'') is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Jersey. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB+, Freeview and via BBC Sounds from studios on Parade Road in Saint Helier. Like other BBC en ...

. In addition to its FM and AM frequencies, the station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 721 and streams online via

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BBC Radio Guernsey Online
Transmissions on

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began on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the Channel Islands DAB multiplex, on which

also broadcasts, alongside ''BBC Radio Guernsey Xtra'', a part-time stream carrying the station's AM opt-out content (chiefly parliamentary coverage), and a similar opt-out for Radio Jersey. The stations are the first BBC stations to use the DAB+ standard – at the time of launch, all stations on the

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multiplex, and all other BBC Local Radio stations on the UK mainland, used the earlier DAB format.

Programming

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's St Sampson's studios from 6am – 2pm on weekdays Regional programming for the Channel Islands, shared with

, airs from 2-10pm on weekdays, from 6am – 6pm and 8-10pm on Saturdays and from 6am – 6pm on Sundays. Off-peak programming originates from

BBC Radio Devon BBC Radio Devon is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Devon. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Mannamead area of Plymouth. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of ...

in Plymouth, BBC Radio Cornwall in Truro and BBC Radio Solent in Southampton. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Guernsey simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and

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References and external links

External links

BBC Radio Guernsey

Listen live to BBC Radio Guernsey

Programme schedule

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Overview

Programming

See also

References and external links

External links