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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 MHz ([[Kendal]])<br>FM: 95.6 MHz ([[Sandale transmitting station|Cumbria]])<br>FM: 96.1 MHz ([[Barrow-in-Furness]] and [[Morecambe Bay]])<br>FM: 104.1 MHz ([[Whitehaven]])<br>FM: 104.2 MHz ([[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]])<br>[[AM broadcasting|AM]]: 756 kHz (North Cumbria)<br>AM: 837 kHz (South Cumbria)<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting#DAB+|DAB+]]: 11B (Morecambe Bay and North Cumbria)<br>[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]:
| rds = BBC CMBR
| former_names = BBC Radio Carlisle (1973–1982)
| former_frequencies = 1458 MW
| format = Local news, talk, music and sport
| language = [[English language|English]]
| owner = [[BBC Local Radio]],<br>[[BBC North East and Cumbria]] (North and Mid),<br>[[BBC North West]] (South)
| licensing_authority = [[Ofcom]]
| 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 85,000 listeners and a 9.9% share as of March 2023.<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 85,000 listeners and a
==History==
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==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]]).▼
▲On [[FM
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]]).
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The station also broadcasts on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting#DAB+|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.
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 to
▲Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's [[Carlisle]] studios from 6 am to 10 pm on weekdays and from 6 am to 1 am on Saturdays and Sundays.
▲The late show, airing from 10 pm to 1 am, originates from [[BBC Radio Lancashire]] on Monday to Thursday nights and [[BBC Radio Newcastle]] on Friday to Sunday nights.
==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]].
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]].
==Presenters==
===Notable present / former presenters===
* [[Val Armstrong]]
* [[John Gillmore]]
* [[Richard Hammond]]
* [[Richard Madeley]]
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* [[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]
▲==References==
▲{{reflist}}
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{{BBC Local Radio}}
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