2BR

2BR
Broadcast area Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn
Branding 99.8FM 2BR
Slogan Burnley, Hyndburn & Pendle's 99.8fm 2BR
Frequency FM: 99.8 MHz
RDS: 2BR
First air date 25 July 2000
Format Contemporary
Audience share 11.4% (June 2013, RAJAR)
ERP 0.75 kW
Transmitter coordinates 53°50′31″N 2°15′59″W / 53.8419°N 2.2663°WCoordinates: 53°50′31″N 2°15′59″W / 53.8419°N 2.2663°W
Owner The Local Radio Company
(UKRD Group)
Webcast Choice of Streams
Website www.2br.co.uk

Two Boroughs Radio (known on air as 2BR) is a commercial radio station in East Lancashire. It broadcast from studios in the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson, then in August 2010 2BR moved to Accrington-based 'The Studios' with Sister Station 107 The Bee.

About

2BR was launched on 25 July 2000.

The station broadcasts from the Pendle Forest transmitter on Pendle Hill in Newchurch in Pendle, near Fence, just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north-west of the studio.

They play a wide variety of music in line with all radio stations owned by The Local Radio Company.

The station provides news and sport updates throughout the day as well as traffic updates.

Programming

2BR broadcasts live from Accrington between 6am & 7pm weekdays and on Saturdays between 8am & 4pm. On Sundays, local programming airs between 8am and 4pm, with non-stop music after 4, due to management deciding to drop the Big Top 40 Show, which didn't perform well in RAJAR.


Monday–Friday

Time Main presenter(s)/programme
0600 – 1000 Tim Littlechild in the morning
1000 – 1400 Helen Wakefield during the day
1400 – 1500 Oldies Hour
1500 – 1900 Christopher Dean in the afternoon
1900 – 0000 Non Stop Music (Automated)

Saturday

Time Main presenter(s)/programme
0800 - 1200 Andy Hilbert
1200 – 1600 Helen Wakefield (Automation)
1800 – 0000 Non Stop Music (Automation)

Sunday

Time Main presenter(s)/programme
0800 - 1200 Andy Hilbert
1200 – 1600 Christopher Dean (Automation)
1600 – 0000 Non Stop Music(Automation)

Presenters

Name misnomer

Although the station's name refers to the "2 Boroughs" of Burnley and Pendle, the station also covers Hyndburn. During the working day, the station operates in the same manner as many popular day time radio stations; it broadcasts a short playlist of the most popular songs of the week.

Broadcasting stations in the United Kingdom do not use callsigns, but as "2" is a prefix assigned by the ITU to callsigns in Great Britain, 2BR is technically a valid radio callsign in the U.K.

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