BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshire — apart from the northern parts, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside. It broadcasts from studios near Newport Arch in Lincoln on 94.9 (whole of the county) and 104.7 (Grantham) FM, 1368 (Swanpool, west Lincoln) AM and online through its website.
The slogan for the station is Live, Local, and Loving Lincolnshire.
Launched on 11 November 1980 at 07:00...
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BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Lincolnshire — apart from the northern parts, which are covered by BBC Radio Humberside. It broadcasts from studios near Newport Arch in Lincoln on 94.9 (whole of the county) and 104.7 (Grantham) FM, 1368 (Swanpool, west Lincoln) AM and online through its website.
The slogan for the station is Live, Local, and Loving Lincolnshire.
Launched on 11 November 1980 at 07:00 with a commissioned peal of bells from Lincoln Cathedral. The first words spoken on BBC Radio Lincolnshire came from Nick Brunger: "And it's a warm welcome for the first time to the programmes of BBC Radio Lincolnshire."
Manx Radio was concerned by the choice of medium wave frequencies given to the station.
In 1988 the station commissioned UK jingle producer Alfasound to compose a jingle package based on the traditional English folk song The Lincolnshire Poacher, continuing on this theme until 2006.
In 2006 it conducted a six month trial of...
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