The Beach (radio station)
City of license | Lowestoft, Suffolk |
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Broadcast area | North Suffolk and East Norfolk |
Slogan |
Just great songs for the East Coast. Made on the East Coast for the East Coast. |
Frequency | 103.4 MHz & 97.4 MHz FM, and DAB |
First air date | 29 September 1996 |
Format | Contemporary |
Audience share | 15% (December 2009, ) |
Owner | East Anglian Radio Corp |
Website | The Beach |
The Beach is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting to North Suffolk and East Norfolk. It broadcasts from studios on Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk from a transmitter located nearby at Mobbs Way, Oulton Broad on 103.4 FM and on 97.4FM from a transmitter located at a water tower in Blythburgh, Suffolk. A transmitter is also located at Haven Bridge House in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk which also broadcasts on 97.4 FM, as well as digitally through the Norwich multiplex.[1]
History
The Beach started broadcasting on 29 September 1996.[2] It has been voted The Eastern Region Radio Academy Station Of The Year three times.[3]
References
- ↑ The Beach, Media UK. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ↑ Air Check UK: Suffolk (archived), 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ↑ Radio Academy, Awards 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
External links
- MB21 Transmitter Gallery - Oulton
- MB21 Transmitter Gallery - Blythburgh Water Tower
- MB21 Transmitter Gallery - Great Yarmouth
- The Beach
- MDS975's Coverage Map