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BBC Radio Ulster ( ga, BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the

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. It was established on New Year's Day 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of

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, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 469,000 with a listening share of 17.8% as of September 2022.

Overview

It is the most widely listened to radio station in Northern Ireland, with a diverse range of programmes, including news, talk, features, music and sport. In the Q3 2021 RAJAR survey, the station had 517,000 weekly listeners, with total weekly listening hours of 5.5 million, beating its main local rivals (Cool FM, Downtown Radio, Downtown Country, U105, and Q Radio) on both of these metrics and, logically therefore, average weekly hours per listener (10.64). When taken together, the Bauer-owned stations (both Downtown stations and Cool FM) had higher total audience and listening hours per week, but lower average weekly hours per listener. The station had 135,000 more weekly listeners than its equivalent in Wales, BBC Radio Wales, despite serving a RAJAR population 1.1 million smaller. The station had the highest percentage reach and listening share, per corresponding survey area, of any BBC local, nations or national radio station, at 34% and 19.9% respectively. It is broadcast from BBC Northern Ireland's Broadcasting House in

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. News bulletins are broadcast usually on the hour seven days a week from 6:30 am until midnight (on weekdays), from 6:45 am until midnight (on Saturdays) and from 7:00 am until midnight (on weekends, Christmas holidays, and Bank Holidays). It is available on 92-95 FM,

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and Freeview in Northern Ireland and across the UK on BBC Sounds and satellite/cable television. It is also available in the

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, on smart speakers or on FM in counties bordering Northern Ireland. The station was available on medium wave on 1341 kHz and 873 kHz until 6 May 2021. An opt-out of the station exists in Derry, BBC Radio Foyle, carrying alternative programming and news between 7:00am and 4:00pm weekdays with opt-out news bulletins at the weekend. The station is also broadcast on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and on the Internet. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Ulster simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live programming.

Funding

The BBC reported in the Annual Report for 2017/18 that Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle operated on a budget of £17.6 million with a 38% reach of the population and that the cost per hour of output was 5.8p.

Programmes

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Good Morning Ulster ''Good Morning Ulster'' is the flagship Northern Irish radio breakfast programme broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster. The main presenting team is Sarah Brett and Chris Buckler: this core team is augmented with Joel Taggart, Mark Devenport, Declan Harv ...

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Evening Extra ''Evening Extra'' is the BBC's drive time news and current affairs radio programme in Northern Ireland. It is broadcast live on BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle and BBC Sounds on weekday evenings, from 4pm to 6pm. It is presented by Richard Morg ...

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On Your Behalf On Your Behalf is a consumer affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster on Saturday mornings and repeated midweek in the evening. The programme, first broadcast in September 1995, offers advice to listeners' consumer problems and report ...

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Sunday Sequence BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday morning speech radio programme ''Sunday Sequence'' has a magazine format and a focus on religion, ethics and current affairs. ''Sunday Sequence'' is one of BBC Radio Ulster's longest running programmes having been on ...

'' *''Radio Ulster Folk Club'' *''Ralph McLean'' (BBC Radio Ulster) *''The John Toal Show'' *''The Foodie'' (BBC Radio Ulster) *''Kerry McLean'' *''

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Notable presenters

* Joel Taggart * Chris Buckler * Sarah Brett *

Stephen Nolan Stephen Raymond Nolan (born 20 August 1973) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 ''Live'', and is the highest earning broadcaster that the BBC employ in the Province. Early life Born in ...

*Connor Philips * William Crawley * Hugo Duncan *Lynette Fay * Declan Harvey * Tara Mills * Richard Morgan * Tina Campbell (newsreader) * Sean Coyle *Sara Neil (business reporter) *

Linda McAuley Linda McAuley is a presenter for the BBC Radio Ulster consumer advice programme ''On Your Behalf''. McAuley first worked for Downtown Radio in 1976 as a copytaker, then newsreader and presenter. She joined BBC Radio Ulster in 1978 as presenter o ...

* Tim McGarry *

Kerry McLean Kerry McLean, born in Ballymoney, is a broadcaster with BBC Radio Ulster. She was educated at Dalriada School, Ballymoney, La Sainte Union, Southampton, University College, London, where she studied French, Education and English Literature, and Ps ...

* Brian D'Arcy * Stephen McCauley * Ralph McLean * Angie Phillips (weather presenter) *

Rigsy Rigsy (born 6 December 1978), real name David O'Reilly, is a presenter from Newcastle, Northern Ireland, currently living in East Belfast. He attended St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast. Broadcas ...

* John Toal * Linley Hamilton * Mickey Bradley

Previous presenters

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* Seamus McKee *

Stephen Clements Stephen Clements (17 December 1972 – 6 January 2020) was a Northern Irish radio DJ and TV presenter. He was best known for hosting the Q Breakfast Show on Q Radio for seven years until June 2019, and The Stephen Clements Show on BBC Radio Ulst ...

* Gerry Kelly * Wendy Austin *Karen Patterson *Conor Bradford *

Sean Rafferty Sean Rafferty MBE is a Belfast-born, Northern Irish broadcaster, now best known for his work on BBC Radio 3. Early life Rafferty was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and spent his childhood in Newcastle, County Down. He went on to study law a ...

* Noel Thompson *

Kim Lenaghan Kim Lenaghan (24 December 1960 – 11 September 2022) was a Northern Irish freelance radio and television broadcaster, writer and critic who was based in Belfast and worked mainly in the fields of the visual and cinematic arts, music and cuis ...

References

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