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{{short description|Radio station in Carlisle, England}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = BBC Radio Cumbria
| logo = BBC Radio Cumbria 2022.svg
| city = [[Carlisle]]
| area = [[Cumbria]]
| airdate = 24 November 1973▼
| frequency = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 95.2
▲| airdate = 24 November 1973
| rds = BBC CMBR
▲| frequency = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 95.2 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[Kendal]])<br>FM: 95.6 MHz ([[Cumbria]])<br>FM: 96.1 MHz ([[Morecambe Bay]])<br>FM: 104.1 MHz ([[Whitehaven]])<br>FM: 104.2 MHz ([[Windermere]])<br>[[Medium wave|MW]]: 756 KHz (North [[Cumbria]])<br>MW: 837 KHz (South [[Cumbria]])<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting#DAB+|DAB+]]: 11B (Morecambe Bay and North Cumbria)<br>[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]: 721
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| former_frequencies = 1458 MW▼
| format = Local news, talk, music and sport
▲| former_frequencies = 1458 MW
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| owner = [[BBC Local Radio]]
| licensing_authority = [[Ofcom]]
▲| owner = [[BBC Local Radio]] <br> [[BBC North East and Cumbria]] (North and Mid), <br> [[BBC North West]] (South)
| website = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocumbria/ BBC Radio Cumbria]
}}
'''BBC Radio Cumbria''' is the [[Local BBC Radio|BBC's local radio station]] serving the county of [[Cumbria
It broadcasts on [[frequency modulation|FM]], [[AM broadcasting|AM]], [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]], digital TV and via [[BBC Sounds]] from studios in [[Carlisle]].
According to [[RAJAR]], the station has a weekly audience of 82,000 listeners and a 8.2% share as of December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php |title=RAJAR |publisher=RAJAR |access-date=2015-09-27}}</ref>▼
▲According to [[RAJAR]], the station has a weekly audience of
==History==
The county of [[Cumbria]], from which the station takes its current name, was not created until 1974. Radio Cumbria began service on 24 November 1973 as '''BBC Radio Carlisle''' and could be received across most of the former county of [[Cumberland]].
The station adopted its current name shortly before its tenth anniversary in May 1982, when its service was expanded to cover the whole of the administrative county of Cumbria, namely:
* The former counties of Cumberland and [[Westmorland]]
* The former exclave of [[Lancashire]] "[[Furness|North of the Sands]]"
* The small area of the former [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], around [[Sedbergh]] and [[Dent, Cumbria|Dent]], that had been moved from [[Yorkshire]] into Cumbria.
==BBC Radio Furness opt-out==
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 and lunchtimes on weekdays, and Saturday mornings. Programmes were produced in [[Barrow-in-Furness]] and used 96.1
"Radio Furness" lost its separate branding in 1991 but breakfast and afternoon opt-outs for the South Lakes and Furness continued until 1994. As a result of BBC cutbacks in the 1990s, programme opt-outs were curtailed, although the Barrow studios remained staffed. The former studio in Hartington Street is now the local headquarters for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].
==Background==
Radio Cumbria claims to be listened to by one-third of the county's population, despite having to face the challenge of an area that is sparsely populated and predominantly rural, with the biggest urban areas around its perimeter. Most programming has a similar format to that of other [[BBC local radio]] stations, although one unique feature is the seasonal ''Lamb Bank'' – a short daily segment which carries announcements from [[farmer]]s wishing to exchange [[livestock]].
==Technical==
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On [[FM broadcast band|FM]], Radio Cumbria broadcasts to northern Cumbria on 95.6 MHz ([[Sandale transmitting station|Sandale]]) – suitable for drivers on the [[M6 motorway|M6]] north of [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] – and to the south of the county on 96.1 MHz ([[Morecambe Bay]]), with lower-powered relays on 95.2 MHz ([[Kendal]]), 104.1 MHz ([[Whitehaven]]) and 104.2 MHz ([[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]]). The station also broadcasts on [[medium wave]] on 756 kHz (Brisco – [[City of Carlisle|Carlisle]]) and 837 kHz ([[Barrow-in-Furness]]). Until 2020, it was also broadcasting on 1458 kHz ([[Whitehaven]]).▼
▲On [[FM
BBC Radio Cumbria also broadcasts via DAB. DAB transmissions began for the station on 1 December 2021, which was the day that the Cumbria multiplex was switched on. Until then, BBC Radio Cumbria had been the only BBC local radio station that wasn't broadcasting on DAB.▼
On [[medium wave]], the station broadcasts on 756 kHz ([[Brisco, Cumbria|Brisco]] – [[City of Carlisle|Carlisle]]) and 837 kHz ([[Barrow-in-Furness]]). Until 2020, it was also broadcast on 1458 kHz ([[Whitehaven]]).
The station is also available on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] TV channel 721 and streams online via [[BBC Sounds]].▼
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▲The station is also available on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] TV channel
==Programming==
[[File:BBC Radio Cumbria, Carlisle.jpg|thumb|BBC Radio Cumbria's studios in [[Carlisle]]]]
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's [[Carlisle]] studios from 6 am
▲Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Carlisle studios from 6 am – 10 pm on weekdays, 6 am – 1 am on Saturdays and Sundays.
==BBC Radio Cumbria Sport / BBC Sport Cumbria==▼
▲The late show, airing from 10 pm – 1 am, originates from [[BBC Radio Lancashire]] on Monday - Thursday nights and [[BBC Radio Newcastle]] on Friday - Sunday nights.
The station's sport service provides exclusive commentary on Cumbria's two professional [[English Football League]] clubs, [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]] and [[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]], along with exclusive commentaries on the county's three semi-professional rugby league clubs, [[Barrow Raiders]], [[Workington Town]] and [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]].▼
BBC Cumbria Sport can also be found on [[Twitter]
The station's sport department won a [[Radio Academy Award]] in 2003 for its Saturday Sport show,{{cn|date=October 2024}} a Carlisle United. debate, facing competition in the Sport category from [[BBC World Service]], [[Capital Gold]] and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].
▲==BBC Radio Cumbria Sport/BBC Sport Cumbria==
▲The station's sport service provides exclusive commentary on Cumbria's two professional [[English Football League]] clubs, [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]] and [[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]], along with exclusive commentaries on the county's three semi-professional rugby league clubs, [[Barrow Raiders]], [[Workington Town]] and [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]]
==Presenters==
▲BBC Cumbria Sport can also be found on [[Twitter]] at [https://twitter.com/bbccumbriasport BBC Sport Cumbria on Twitter] and on [[BBC Sounds]].
===Notable present / former presenters===▼
* [[Val Armstrong]]
* [[John Gillmore]]
▲==Notable former presenters==
* [[Richard Hammond]]
* [[Richard Madeley]]
* [[John Myers (radio executive)|John Myers]]
* [[Helen Skelton]]
* [[Alan Smith (radio presenter)|Alan Smith]] (now at [[BBC Radio 4]])
* [[Norman Thomas (broadcaster)|Norman Thomas]]
* [[Frank Wappat]]
==See also==
* [[Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland]]
* [[Eden FM Radio]]
* [[Heart North West]]
* [[Smooth Lake District]]
==References==▼
{{reflist}}▼
==External links==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radiocumbria/ BBC Radio Cumbria]
* [https://www.facebook.com/bbccumbria BBC Cumbria Facebook page]
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▲==References==
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{{BBC Radio}}
{{BBC Local Radio}}
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