The Bay (radio station)

The Bay

City of license	Lancaster
Broadcast area	North Lancashire and South Cumbria
Frequency	96.9 MHz, 102.3 MHz and 103.2 MHz
First air date	1 March 1993[1][2]
Format	Contemporary
Audience share	11 % (September 2013, [3])
Owner	CN Group
Website	http://www.thebay.co.uk/

The Bay is a British radio station owned by the CN Group broadcasting from the city of Lancaster to the region of North Lancashire and South Cumbria, in North West England. It derives its name from the sand banks of Morecambe Bay, above which the main 96.9 MHz transmitter is located. Other transmitters are located near the Lake District towns of Windermere (102.3) and Kendal (103.2), near the A684. Shows on The Bay include: The Bay Breakfast with Danny Matthews, Through your Workday with Cooky, The Bay Drive Time with Darren Milby, 70's Saturday with Derek Marks and The Bay Sport with Clive Lee.

Coverage

The Bay serves around 292,000 people with the majority of the audience being in the district of the City of Lancaster (pop. 133,914), with the largest settlement being Barrow-in-Furness (pop. c. 60,000), Lancaster (45,952), Morecambe (c. 38,900) Kendal (pop. 27,521) see also the districts of South Lakeland and the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.

Awards

On 17 June 2010, it was announced^[4] that the station had won the following "Arqiva commercial radio awards 2010"

• Station of the Year
• Local Sales Team of the Year

Presenters

See also

• Lakeland Radio

References

External links

• The Bay official site
• History of radio in Lancashire
• Kendal transmitter
• Morecambe Bay transmitter
• Windermere transmittter

Coordinates: 54°03′15″N 2°48′25″W / 54.054215°N 2.806922°W / 54.054215; -2.806922