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The 95.1FM signal covers the Norwich area, 104.4FM covers the West and Kings Lynn area, while 95.6FM (which came on-air on on 102.4FM and Vibe FM 105-108 on 106.1FM. The 95.1FM signal used to come from Tacolneston . The West Runton transmitter also has a TV relay on it. From 7pm, BBC local radio stations in the East share the same programme, Nick Lawrence , who broadcasts from Norwich. Keith 'Cardboard Shoes' Skues, the veteran ex- RAF DJ, broadcasts from 10pm until 1am on Mondays and 9pm until 12am on Sundays, also from the Norwich studios. The station should not be confused with the fictional BBC Radio Norwich in the Television Comedy series '' I'm Alan Partridge ''. IMPORTANT DATES 11-Sep-1980 - Norfolks ''new neighbour'' starts broadcasting at 5:55pm from Norfolk Tower, Surrey Street, Norwich on 95.1 MHz VHF (FM) & 855 kHz (351m) MW/AM to East Norfolk, plus 1602 kHz (187m) MW/AM to West Norfolk. ''Note: There were no FM transmissions to West Norfolk.'' 12-Sep-1980 - Terry Wogan broadcast his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show live from the new station. 1982 - West Norfolk's MW/AM transmitter changed frequency to 873 kHz (344m) MW/AM 1984 - West Norfolk got the very first FM tranmissions of the station. It broadcast on 96.7 MHz. These transmissions were broadcast in mono due to an 'off-air' re-broadcast system. This picked up the Tacolneston 95.1 FM broadcast and re-transmitted it, but was unable to reproduce a clear stereo signal. 1986 - The West Norfolk transmitter was re-tuned from 96.7, to 104.4 MHz FM (the mono broadcasts continued). Early 1992 - The King's Lynn studio moves from Tuesday Market place to the North Lynn Business Village. circa 2000 - Tacolneston transmissions cease and Stoke Holy Cross transmissions start. These continue on 95.1MHz FM but at slightly less transmitter power. 27-Jun-2003 - The last programme is broadcast from Norfolk Tower. The station leaves this site at 7pm. 28-Jun-2003 - Radio Norfolk starts from a new home - The BBC studios on the 1st floor at The Forum, Millenium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, England. The first presenter from their new home was Stewart White. 12-Sep-2005 - As part of BBC Radio Norfolks 25th birthday celebrations, North Norfolk gets a clearer signal with the official launch of transmissions on 95.6 MHz FM (stereo) from the West Runton mast. Oct/Nov 2005 - West Norfolk finally get stereo broadcasts on 104.4 MHz FM. IMPORTANT FACTS BBC Radio Norfolk was the first BBC local radio station to be launched after several years. This was due to the Governments review of local radio (both BBC and ILR) in the late 1970's. The BBC & IBA had the choice of either launching a service in Devon or Norfolk, with the one body taking one county and vice versa. The BBC chose Norfolk; the IBA decided on Devon. BBC Radio Norfolk became to first BBC local radio station to broadcast in stereo on FM. It was the first BBC local radio station to cover a county, as opposed to a city or town. The launch of East Anglia's first BBC local radio station was broadcast live on BBC Look East - the regions local BBC TV news magazine. BBC Radio Norfolk's first presenter was John Mountford, who now runs a TV and radio commercial production company (JMS) on the outskirts of Norwich. The studios and offices were on the ground floor of Norfolk Tower, Surrey Street, Norwich and were a carpet showroom before the BBC moved in. EXTERNAL LINKS
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