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class="infobox-label">Language(s)</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Local news, talk and music</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26 January 1971</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data">BBC Radio Blackburn (1971–1981)<br />BBC Lancashire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former frequencies</div></th><td class="infobox-data">855 <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">MW</a><br />1557 MW</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radiolancashire/">www<wbr />.bbc<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk<wbr 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Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>BBC Radio Lancashire broadcasts on three <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a> transmitters. The 103.9 FM signal, which covers the <a href="/wiki/Central_Lancashire" title="Central Lancashire">central</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">western</a> parts of the area, comes 529 metres (1,736 ft) high on the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Winter Hill transmitting station">Winter Hill transmitter</a>, and its height gives it the greatest coverage over <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. The signal can also be picked up nearby in North <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. The station's other FM transmitters cover the eastern part of the county with an additional FM transmitter covering the <a href="/wiki/Morecambe_Bay" title="Morecambe Bay">Morecambe Bay</a> area. </p><p>Beginning on 1 October 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting" title="Digital Audio Broadcasting">DAB</a> signals have come from the <a href="/wiki/EMAP_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="EMAP Radio">EMAP Digital Central Lancashire</a> 12A multiplex located at Winter Hill and <a href="/wiki/Pendle_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Pendle Forest">Pendle Forest</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Nelson,_Lancashire" title="Nelson, Lancashire">Nelson</a>). </p><p>The station also broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> TV channel 712 in the <a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">BBC North West</a> region and streams online via <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>. </p><p>Until 17 May 2021, BBC Radio Lancashire was also broadcasting on <a href="/wiki/Medium_wave" title="Medium wave">medium wave</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_Lancashire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a> studios from 6 am to 2 pm on Mondays to Fridays and for sports coverage. </p><p>The station usually broadcasts the whole of the Late Night programme, a programme carried by all <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> stations (except in the case of sports coverage), which is broadcast between 10pm and 1am. </p><p>During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Lancashire simulcasts overnight programming from <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters">Presenters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_Lancashire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_former_presenters">Notable former presenters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio_Lancashire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable former presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Beswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">Scotland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Orkney" title="BBC Radio Orkney">Orkney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Shetland" title="BBC Radio Shetland">Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_nan_G%C3%A0idheal" title="BBC Radio nan Gàidheal">Nan Gàidheal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales" title="BBC Cymru Wales">Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wales" title="BBC Radio Wales">Wales</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru" title="BBC Radio Cymru">Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru_2" title="BBC Radio Cymru 2">Cymru 2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Manchester" title="BBC Radio Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Merseyside" title="BBC Radio Merseyside">Merseyside</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_South" title="BBC South">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_West" title="BBC West">West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Bristol" title="BBC Radio Bristol">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Gloucestershire" title="BBC Radio Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wiltshire" title="BBC Radio Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">West Midlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_CWR" title="BBC CWR">CWR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester" title="BBC Hereford & Worcester">Hereford and Worcester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Shropshire" title="BBC Radio Shropshire">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_WM" title="BBC Radio WM">WM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire" title="BBC Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leeds" title="BBC Radio Leeds">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Sheffield" title="BBC Radio Sheffield">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_York" title="BBC Radio York">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire_and_Lincolnshire" title="BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire">Yorkshire and Lincolnshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Humberside" title="BBC Radio Humberside">Humberside</a></li> <li><a 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Hausa">Hausa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Mundo" title="BBC Mundo">Mundo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Persian" title="BBC Persian">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Russian_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Russian Service">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Ukrainian" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Ukrainian">Ukrainian</a> <small>(Dissolved)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Urdu" title="BBC Urdu">Urdu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Defunct stations<br />and services</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><b>Local services</b></th><td 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title="5PY (page does not exist)">5PY</a> Plymouth</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5GB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5GB (page does not exist)">5GB</a> Daventry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2BE_Belfast" title="2BE Belfast">2BE</a> Belfast</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><b>Relays</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2EH_Edinburgh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2EH Edinburgh (page does not exist)">2EH</a> Edinburgh</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6LV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6LV (page does not exist)">6LV</a> Liverpool</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2LS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2LS (page does not exist)">2LS</a> Leeds and Bradford</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6KH&action=edit&redlink=1" 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aria-labelledby="Culture_and_infrastructure_of_Blackburn_with_Darwen" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Blackburn_with_Darwen_culture" title="Template:Blackburn with Darwen culture"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Blackburn_with_Darwen_culture" title="Template talk:Blackburn with Darwen culture"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Blackburn_with_Darwen_culture" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Blackburn with 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_George%27s_Hall,_Blackburn" title="King George's Hall, Blackburn">King George's Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Cathedral" title="Blackburn Cathedral">Blackburn Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery">Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Meadows" title="Alexandra Meadows">Alexandra Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barley_Bank" title="Barley Bank">Barley Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Arena" title="Blackburn Arena">Blackburn Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneers" title="Blackburn Buccaneers">Blackburn Buccaneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Hawks" title="Blackburn Hawks">Blackburn Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Law_F.C." title="Blackburn Law F.C.">Blackburn Law F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Olympic_F.C." title="Blackburn Olympic F.C.">Blackburn Olympic F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Park_Road_F.C." title="Blackburn Park Road F.C.">Blackburn Park Road F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_Cricket_Club" title="Darwen Cricket Club">Darwen Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C." title="Darwen F.C.">Darwen F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C._(1870)" title="Darwen F.C. 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(1870)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_Old_Wanderers_F.C." title="Darwen Old Wanderers F.C.">Darwen Old Wanderers F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Cricket_Club" title="East Lancashire Cricket Club">East Lancashire Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Lions" title="East Lancashire Lions">East Lancashire Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Raptors" title="Lancashire Raptors">Lancashire Raptors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Wolverines" title="Lancashire Wolverines">Lancashire Wolverines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Darwen_F.C." title="Lower Darwen F.C.">Lower Darwen F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turton_F.C." title="Turton F.C.">Turton F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witton_F.C." title="Witton F.C.">Witton F.C.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_(ancient_parish)" title="Blackburn (ancient parish)">Blackburn (ancient parish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rural_District" title="Blackburn Rural District">Blackburn Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackburnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburnshire">Blackburnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharples,_Greater_Manchester" title="Sharples, Greater Manchester">Sharples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turton_Urban_District" title="Turton Urban District">Turton Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quarlton" title="Quarlton">Quarlton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">BBC Radio Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bee_(radio_station)" title="The Bee (radio station)">The Bee</a></li> 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election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2006 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2007 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2008 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2014 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Blackburn_with_Darwen_Borough_Council_election" title="2015 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council election">15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwen_Town_Council" title="Darwen Town Council">Darwen Town Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_Darwen_Party" title="For Darwen Party">For Darwen Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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