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BBC GMR
Greater Manchester Radio, which succeeded Radio Manchester on 30 October 1988. For a while in the late 1990s the station was known as GMR Talk. The station was relaunched on 3 April 2006, when it reverted to its original name of Radio Manchester.

BBC RADIO GUERNSEY
Opened the day after Radio Jersey, 16 March 1982. It covers the Bailiwick of Guernsey (Guernsey, Alderney and Sark). At launch the station broadcast for just three hours a day, relaying Radio 2 the rest of the time. More than twenty years later, this has increased to 13 hours.

BBC HEREFORD & WORCESTER
Station for the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, which opened 14 February 1989. Popular presenters Jeremy Dry and Radio 5 Live's Jane Garvey were at the station when it began. Former Radio WM presenter Malcolm Boyden now presents a Sunday morning show here.

BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE
Opened 25 February 1971, over three years before the creation of the county of Humberside, and has continued under that name despite the abolition of the county itself.

BBC RADIO JERSEY
Opened alongside Radio Guernsey, 15 March 1982. The Channel Islands' radio stations enjoy a great deal of popularity - despite the small potential listenership, in terms of audience share, Radio Jersey is the BBC's most popular local radio station.

BBC RADIO KENT
Formerly Radio Medway, the station expanded to cover the whole of Kent on 2 July 1983. One of its most popular presenters is Pat Marsh, who has presented his daily show of music, competitions and celebrity guests since 1986. Other regular presenters have included Barbara Sturgeon, Brian Faulkner, Jim Ensom, Adrian John and Ian McGregor. Throughout the 1980s Radio Kent's evening phone-in, which began with zany broadcaster Rod Lucas and later became The Eight to Ten Show (it also aired on BBC Essex) enjoyed cult status with listeners until its axing in 1991. In 2001 Radio Kent moved from its long-time home at Sun Pier in Chatham to The Great Hall in Tunbridge Wells, also home to South East Today.

BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE
Formerly Radio Blackburn, the station expanded to cover the whole of Lancashire on 4 July 1981. In 1999 Jim Bowen joined to present a morning show, The Happy Daft Farm, but was forced to resign in 2002 after making a racially offensive remark. The show is now presented by comedian Ted Robbins.

BBC RADIO LEEDS
Opened 24 June 1968. There was a plan in the 1990s to rename the station BBC West Yorkshire FM. Martin Kelner presented here until he was sacked in 2007. Since a relaunch in 2004 the station has operated a 24-hour schedule.

BBC RADIO LEICESTER
The very first BBC local radio station of all, starting on 8 November 1967, covering Leicestershire and Rutland. In 1974 it started the UK's first programme for the local Asian community. The husband and wife team of Tony Wadsworth and Julie Mayer now present daily shows on the station, after many years on neighbouring station Radio WM.

BBC RADIO LINCOLNSHIRE
Opened 11 November 1980. Sports presenter John Inverdale once presented at the station, as did BBC news head Roger Mosey and local comedian Boothy Graffoe.

BBC RADIO LONDON
The first BBC radio station for the capital, running from 6 October 1970 until 7 October 1988 when it was replaced by test transmissions for GLR. Tony Blackburn presented a daily soul show on Radio London in the 1980s until he was sacked, shortly before the station's demise.

BBC LONDON LIVE
The successor to GLR, from 27 March 2000. BBC London Live emerged from the South East Review in an attempt to boost audience figures, much to the chagrin of most of its existing listenership who were not impressed by the increase in phone-ins and consumer items, and the loss of many specialist music shows.

BBC LONDON
Another renaming for the capital's radio station, from 1 October 2001. Despite the original logo, the station was never called 'BBC LDN'. Generally known on air as 'BBC London 94.9', confusingly the current news jingle used in the mid-2000s claimed the station was known as 'BBC London on 94.9 FM and BBC Radio London on digital.' BBC London, and its predecessor GLR, has always had a very different style of output to that of all other BBC Local Radio stations, and a more contemporary, rockier music policy. However specialist music output has been further reduced since the renaming, while sports coverage has increased. From 2002 to 2005 Danny Baker presented the breakfast show - but he was taken off air for several weeks during the Iraq War in 2003 in favour of mid-morning phone-in presenter Jon Gaunt. The current presenting line-up includes Danny, Vanessa Feltz, and Robert Elms, who presents a unique daily show focusing on London's history and culture, and is now the sole weekday survivor from GLR.

BBC RADIO MANCHESTER
BBC station for the Greater Manchester area, as well as parts of North Cheshire, launched 10 September 1970. From 30 October 1988 until 2 April 2006 the station was known as GMR. As part of the 2006 relaunch, Terry Christian was signed to present the breakfast show.

BBC RADIO MEDWAY
The original name of Radio Kent, from 18 December 1970 until 1 July 1983, covering the Medway towns from its studio in Chatham.

BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE
Station for Merseyside and North Cheshire, opened 22 November 1967. The well-known Liverpudlian personality Billy Butler currently presents the station's afternoon show.

BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE
Station covering Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and much of County Durham, opened 2 January 1971. The station's HQ is known as the 'Pink Palace' on account of its exterior colour. One of the longest serving presenters on Radio Newcastle is Paddy MacDee, who now presents the late show.

BBC RADIO NORFOLK
Opened 11 September 1980, with the launch broadcast live on BBC East television. Radio Norfolk was one of the first BBC local stations to be based around a county, rather than a town or city; it was also the first to broadcast in stereo (though only to East Norfolk; the remainder of the county had to wait until 2005 for stereo broadcasts). The BBC sports presenter Rob Bonnet was amongst the presenting line-up at launch. Up until the station's opening, Radio 4 ran a daily news magazine show, Roundabout East Anglia, on the local VHF frequencies for two hours each morning. Radio Norfolk is now the BBC's most successful mainland local radio station.

BBC RADIO NORTHAMPTON
Opened 16 June 1982. One of the station's longest serving presenters, Steve Riches, presented an evening show in the 1990s which was heard across the whole of the South and East; he has since moved to Radio Cambridgeshire. Other presenters have included Jim Hawkins, Kevin Saddington, David Saint and Bernie Keith, who currently presents the mid-morning show. Throughout the 1990s the station was generally known as simply BBC Northampton, but reverted to BBC Radio Northampton following a relaunch in 2000.

BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM
Opened 31 January 1968. In that year it launched the country's first phone-in. Simon Mayo presented on the station in the mid 1980s before joining Radio 1.

BBC Radio Oldham
An experimental opt-out station of Radio Manchester, around 1983/84.

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