2BR

2BR
City Clayton-le-Moors
Broadcast area East and Central Lancashire
Slogan Proper Local Radio
Frequency FM: 96.3, 99.8, 106.5, 107 MHz
DAB: 12A
First air date 25 July 2000
Format Contemporary Hit Radio
Owner Global
Webcast Radioplayer
Website 2br.co.uk

Two Boroughs Radio (known on air as 2BR) is a local radio station serving East and Central Lancashire, England. It is owned and operated by Global and broadcasts from studios at Clayton-le-Moors near Accrington.

Overview

2BR logo used until May 2016

2BR launched on 25 July 2000, serving the Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn areas from studios at the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate in Nelson with its transmitter located on Pendle Hill in Newchurch in Pendle, near Fence.

Although the station's name refers to the "2 Boroughs" of Burnley and Pendle, its original transmission area also covered Hyndburn. 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 August 2010, the station moved to new studios at Clayton-le-Moors, co-locating with The Bee.

On 4 April 2016, UKRD announced 2BR would merge with sister Lancashire station The Bee as part of an expansion onto DAB across the county. The merged station carries the same 2BR programming and identity, alongside opt-outs for local news, traffic and advertising in the Burnley, Blackburn and Preston & Chorley areas.[1] DAB transmissions, via the Lancashire multiplex, commenced on Wednesday 1 June 2016.

On 31 July 2018, Global Radio announced it had brought 2BR from UKRD.[2] The sale follows Global's acquisition of another Lancashire station, The Bay, which relaunched as Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria in March 2018. The company has yet to announce its future plans for 2BR.

Programming

Currently, all of 2BR's programming is produced and broadcast from its Clayton-le-Moors studios. Programming airs from 6am-10pm on weekdays and from 8am-4pm at weekends.[3]

News

2BR broadcasts hourly local news bulletins from 6am-7pm on weekdays and 8am-2pm at weekends, with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows. National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried every hour at all other times.[3]

Frequencies

References

4. Two Boroughs Radio Ltd [5] 5. 2BR[6]

  1. ↑ 2BR to merge with The Bee and expand on DAB, Radio Today, 4 April 2016
  2. ↑ Global expands in Lancashire after buying 2BR, RadioToday, 31 July 2018
  3. 1 2 "2BR - Public File". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Bee grows bigger with 3rd frequency". Radio Today. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Two Boroughs Radio Ltd: Company Profile". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "2BR". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  1. ↑ Both 99.8 FM and 107 FM work in Accrington.


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