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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = BBC Radio Nottingham
| logo                = BBC Radio Nottingham 2022.svg
| city                = [[Nottingham]]
| area                = [[Nottinghamshire]]
| airdate             = 31 January 1968
| frequency           = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 95.1 MHz ([[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]])<br>FM: 95.5 MHz ([[Mansfield]] and [[Ashfield District|Ashfield]])<br>FM: 103.8 MHz ([[Nottingham]])<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12C (NOW Nottingham)<br>[[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]: 712
| former_frequencies  = 1584 [[AM broadcasting|MW]]
| rds                 = BBCNOTTM
| format              = Local news, talk and music
| language            = [[English language|English]]
| owner               = [[BBC Local Radio]],<br>[[BBC East Midlands]]
| licensing_authority = [[Ofcom]]
| website             = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radionottingham/ BBC Radio Nottingham]
}}

'''BBC Radio Nottingham''' is the [[Local BBC Radio|BBC's local radio station]] serving the county of [[Nottinghamshire]].

It broadcasts on [[frequency modulation|FM]], [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]], digital TV and via [[BBC Sounds]] from studios on London Road in [[Nottingham]] city centre.

According to [[RAJAR]], the station has a weekly audience of 124,000 listeners and a 4.4% share as of December 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php|title=RAJAR|publisher=RAJAR|access-date=2015-09-27}}</ref>

==Technical==
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Radio Nottingham is broadcast on three [[FM broadcasting|FM]] frequencies:

* 103.8 to [[Nottingham]] and south [[Nottinghamshire]], from Mapperley Ridge in north Nottingham
* 95.5 to [[Mansfield]] and [[Ashfield District|Ashfield]], from Fishponds Hill
* 95.1 to [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]] from Beacon Hill (since January 2004)

The Nottingham signal may be heard as far south as [[Leicester]].

Since 30 April 2004, the station has been available on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] from the NDEM (NOW Digital East Midlands) [[NOW Nottingham|Nottingham]] 12C multiplex from [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] (main signal and in [[Leicestershire]]), Mapperley Ridge and Fishponds Hill (since July 2006).

The station also broadcasts on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] TV channel 712 in both the [[BBC East Midlands]] region and the [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] region and streams online via [[BBC Sounds]].

The station used to broadcast an [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[medium wave]] signal on 1584 kHz, from [[Clipstone]], near Mansfield, until 25 January 2018 when the transmitter was turned off. This followed a trial, to determine if listeners would miss or complain about the loss of services on medium wave, from 17 August to 24 September 2012 when BBC Radio Nottingham stopped broadcasting its programmes on medium wave, instead directing listeners to FM or DAB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/01/bbc-confirms-local-radio-medium-wave-closures/|title=BBC confirms local radio medium wave closures|date=January 2018}}</ref>

North Nottinghamshire, covering the district of [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]] including the towns of [[Retford]] and [[Worksop]], is officially covered by [[BBC Radio Sheffield]] on 104.1 FM from the [[Holme Moss]] transmitter. Although editorially, news for this area is covered by BBC Radio Nottingham, and FM reception (and to a lesser extent, DAB and Freeview) is possible in these areas.

==Programming==
Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's [[Nottingham]] studios from 6 am to 2 pm on Mondays to Fridays and for sports coverage.
The 10 pm to 1 am late show originates from [[BBC Radio Manchester]] or [[BBC Radio London]]. At weekends and on weekdays afternoons, much of the station's output is simulcast with [[BBC Radio Derby]] and [[BBC Radio Leicester]].

During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Nottingham simulcasts overnight programming from [[BBC Radio 5 Live]].

==Presenters==
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===Former notable presenters===
*[[Mansfield]]'s [[Richard Bacon (broadcaster)|Richard Bacon]] began his broadcasting career at this station.
*[[Matthew Bannister]], former late night host on [[BBC Radio 5 Live]], worked as a reporter in 1978.
*Comedian [[Boothby Graffoe (comedian)|Boothby Graffoe]] had a weekly show for a short time in the late 1980s.
*[[Chris Hawkins]] worked at this station after his first station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/chris_hawkins/bio.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020918054003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/chris_hawkins/bio.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2002|title=BBC – 6music – Chris Hawkins biography|date=18 September 2002}}</ref>
*[[Simon Mayo]] began his radio career here where he worked for four years in 1982, moving to [[BBC Radio 1]] in May 1986.
*[[Dennis McCarthy (radio presenter)|Dennis McCarthy]], who continued broadcasting on the station (despite falling ill) until the afternoon he died.
*[[John Simons]] worked on the station in the late 1980s. He went on to be the Group Programme Director for [[GMG Radio]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radionottingham/ BBC Radio Nottingham]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040504222614/http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/aircheck_UKNotts.htm  History of local radio in Nottinghamshire]

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