BBC Radio Cumbria is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cumbria and broadcasts from studios in Carlisle.
The county of Cumbria was not created until 1974. Radio Cumbria began service on 24 November 1973 as BBC Radio Carlisle and adopted its current name shortly before its tenth anniversary in May 1982 when its service was expanded from most of the former county of Cumberland to include the former counties of Westmorland and Lan...
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BBC Radio Cumbria is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cumbria and broadcasts from studios in Carlisle.
The county of Cumbria was not created until 1974. Radio Cumbria began service on 24 November 1973 as BBC Radio Carlisle and adopted its current name shortly before its tenth anniversary in May 1982 when its service was expanded from most of the former county of Cumberland to include the former counties of Westmorland and Lancashire, north of the sands plus the small area of the former West Riding of Yorkshire around Sedbergh and Dent, thus covering the whole administrative county of Cumbria.
From the launch of the renamed station, between 25 May 1982 and 1991, an opt-out service, BBC Radio Furness operated in the south of the county at peak times (originally breakfast, lunchtime and a Saturday morning slot, though the lunchtime slot was later dropped to cut costs), covering the broadly the Furness area, which encompasses parts of the Lake District and what is now...
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