BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to Greater Manchester and north east Cheshire in North West England. It broadcasts 24 hours a day from studios at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays via a transmitter at Holme Moss, with a small repeater at Saddleworth covering Tameside and Saddleworth. It can also be heard on DAB radio and via internet streaming.
BBC Radio Manchester originally launched on 10 September 1970 as the first lo...
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BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to Greater Manchester and north east Cheshire in North West England. It broadcasts 24 hours a day from studios at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays via a transmitter at Holme Moss, with a small repeater at Saddleworth covering Tameside and Saddleworth. It can also be heard on DAB radio and via internet streaming.
BBC Radio Manchester originally launched on 10 September 1970 as the first local radio station in the city of Manchester. Initially broadcasting from small studios at Picadilly Gardens in Manchester City Centre, the station's long-standing home was New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road in the city.
In 1983 and 1984 BBC Radio Manchester ran a series of experimental community stations, each of which used the 1296kHz AM frequency in turn. The stations were BBC Radio Bury (late 1983/early 1984), BBC Radio Oldham, BBC Radio Rochdale (eight weeks from 14 May 1984), BBC Radio Trafford (which operated from a mobile studio in a...
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