is the
BBC Local Radio service for the
English Metropolitan County of
Merseyside and north
Cheshire . It is the third BBC local radio station to launch on
22 November 1967 .
BBC Radio Merseyside broadcasts from its studios in Hanover St,
Liverpool on 95.8 (Allerton Park)
FM , 1485 (Wallasey)
MW and
DAB .
The Allerton Park transmitter also transmits (strongest signal, near
Billinge between
St Helens and
Wigan ), Hope Mountain (between
Buckley and
Wrexham ) and
St. John's Beacon (on top of
Radio City 's
Studio s).
EMAP owns Radio City.
BBC DAB National comes from
Moel-y-Parc (the main television transmitter for
North Wales ) in
Flintshire , which also has
Digital One , and the North West MXR 12C multiplex.
On
15th July 2006 BBC Radio Merseyside moved from its former home in Paradise Street, Liverpool, to a new purpose-built studio building on the corner of Hanover Street and College Lane in Liverpool. This building has three ground-floor studios next to a public performance space. An open learning centre is on the first floor and the main office is on the second floor.
The Managing Editor, Mick Ord has stood down from his role for nine months (July 2007 to February 2008) to coordinate the BBC's response to
Liverpool 's year as
European Capital Of Culture . The current Acting Editor is
Phil Roberts . The Assistant Editor is
Jonathan Hallewell .
In 2004, reporters Simon Moffatt and Simon Harris flew to
South Africa and launched the "''Books for
Tembisa ''" campaign. It was an inspired appeal as it was not 'give us your money.' The two journalists introduced us to children like Elton who told about their difficult lives in the township of Tembisa. The listeners were then asked to donate books. Over 100,000 children's books were donated and the radio station then built something like 40 libraries in Tembisa Schools.
Presenters include
Roger Philips ,
Tony Snell ,
Billy Butler ,
Roger Lyon ,
Linda McDermott ,
Lucinda Moore ,
Maureen Walsh ,
Claire Hamilton and
Wayne Clarke .
BBC Radio Merseyside broadcasts from 6am until 1am each day, though formerly it shared programming with other BBC local radio stations in the North West and
BBC Night Network . The first programme from the new building was presented by David Kenyon (aka Ian Kenyon).
Simon O'Brien was the former bresnter of the Breakfast Show from September 2006 until
25th June 2007 . However, when he resigned after the accidental broadcast of a package which he had prepared of him saying "''fuck the government, fuck the planners''".
Since will take his place.
