" BBC Radio Kent" - UK
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BBC Radio Kent(96.7 FM) operates a studio and office here at the former Sun Wharf in Chatham , known as The Wendy House, ME4 4EZ.
Waymark Code: WMEJVD
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/06/2012
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The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC
Radio Medway, originally only serving the
Medway Towns. It broadcast from studios at 30 High Street in Chatham,
a former newspaper office which was subsequently named Media House.
The station gained its current name when operations expanded to Kent on 2 July
1983 as part of the BBC's policy of operating countywide stations. Radio Medway
was closed down by long serving staff member Rod Lucas, who was also the first
voice to be heard on the new BBC Radio Kent.
In July 1986, the studios moved to the nearby Sun Wharf, from where it broadcast
in stereo for
the first time.
In 2001, the station moved to The Great Hall in Royal
Tunbridge Wells, to combine with new television studios for the BBC
South East region covering Kent and
East Sussex. From here BBC Radio Kent operates a total of four studios - two for
programmes, one for news bulletins, and one network contributions area.
It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 (West Kent- Wrotham transmitter), 96.7 (Folkestone
area) and 104.2 (East Kent - Swingate transmitter) also on 774 (Littlebourne)
and 1602 (Rusthall) MW and DAB.