City Kendal First air date 27 October 2001 | Broadcast area Lake District Format Adult Contemporary | |
Slogan The Sound of the Lake District Frequency FM: 100.1, 100.8, 101.4 MHz | ||
Lakeland Radio is an Independent Local Radio station serving the Lake District. It is owned and operated by the CN Group and broadcasts from studios at Lakeland Food Park near Kendal.
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Overview
Lakeland Radio broadcasts from transmitters at Kendal on 100.1 MHz, the western side of Lake Windermere on 100.8 MHz and Keswick Forest on 101.4 MHz.
Originally licensed to serve the South Lakes, the station's coverage area extended northwards on 23 April 2013 when it began broadcasting to Keswick and surrounding villages. Part of the service area overlaps with that of its Lancaster-based sister station The Bay.
Programming
The majority of the station's programming is produced and broadcast from its Kendal studios, with the exceptions of the weekly syndicated country and 1980s music shows. Evening and overnight programming is generally voicetracked and automated.
The station's presenters include Simon Yaxley (Yakkers at Breakfast), Dan Beale (weekday daytime), John Pye (The Home Run) and Steff Todd (weekday evenings). Weekend presenters are Paul Jordan (Saturday breakfast), Ian Hamilton (Sunday breakfast), Marc Anthony (afternoons) and Suzie Pye (Suzie's Sunday Love Songs).
Local news bulletins air every hour from 7am to 6pm on weekdays and from 8am to 1pm at weekends with hourly national bulletins from Sky News Radio carried at all other times.