BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.
It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 (West Kent, Wrotham transmitter), 97.6 (Folkestone area) and 104.2 (East Kent, Swingate transmitter) also 774 (Littlebourne) and 1602 (Rusthall) MW and DAB.
History
The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the Medway Towns. It broadcast from studios at 30 High Street in Chatham, a former newspaper office which was subsequently named Media House.
The station gained its current name when operations expanded to Kent on 2 July 1983 as part of the BBC's policy of operating countywide stations. Radio Medway was closed down by long serving staff member Rod Lucas, who was also the first voice to be heard on the new BBC Radio Kent.
In July 1986, the studios moved to the nearby Sun Pier, from where it broadcast in stereo for the first time.
In 2001, the station moved to The Great Hall in Royal Tunbridge Wells, to combine with new television studios for the BBC South East region covering Kent and East Sussex. From here BBC Radio Kent operates a total of four studios - two for programmes, one for news bulletins, and one network contributions area.
BBC Radio Kent also operates a studio and office in The Wendy House (a building close to the original Sun Pier site in Chatham), and small contributions studios in Dover and Canterbury.
Programming
Weekdays
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| 0100 - 0330 |
Sean Rowley's Joy of Music |
London |
| 0330 – 0500 |
BBC Radio 5 Live: Up All Night |
| 0500 - 0600 |
BBC Radio 5 Live: Morning Reports |
| 0600 - 0800 |
The Sunday Programme: Martin Buchanan |
Tunbridge Wells |
| 0800 - 1100 |
Sunday Gardening: Sue Mansfield & Jean Griffin |
| 1100 - 1400 |
The Sunday Supplement: Paul Harris & Paul James |
| 1400 - 1700 |
Geoff Clark |
| 1700 - 2000 |
Dave Cash |
| 2000 - 2100 |
BBC Introducing: Jacob Rickard |
| 2100 - 2200 |
Kent Folk: Simon Evans |
| 2200 - 0100 |
Harmony Night: Bill & Angela Rennells |
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Former presenters
External links
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Locations within
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Italics denotes places in East Sussex included as they are generally considered part of Tunbridge Wells.
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