BBC Radio Northampton

BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Northamptonshire. It broadcasts from its studios in Broadcasting House, Northampton (a listed building) on 104.2 and 103.6 FM. The station also has two studios in Daventry and Corby.

It was launched at 6:45am on June 16 1982 on 1107 AM and 96.6 FM, with Jon Beynon's programme Start the Day, the first piece of music being John Williams's Superman theme, followed by Work that Body by Diana Ross. The station was renamed BBC Northampton in 1990, but reverted to its original name on April 3 2000.

The station has two transmitters, with 104.2 FM broadcast from the Moulton Park area of Northampton, and 103.6 FM broadcast from a mast near the village of Geddington. Listeners can tune in to 104.2 in the south and west of the county (including Northampton and surrounding area), whereas 103.6 serves the north and east (including Kettering and Corby).

Current presenters

• Liz Carroll-Wheat
• Mark Dean
• Geoff Doyle
• Martin Heath
• Alan Hodgetts
• Richard Jordan
• Bernie Keith
• Jona Kotnis
• Anna Murby
• Richard Oliff
• Andrew Radd
• Kevin Saddington
• Nigel Vernon-Dier
• Dave Watkins

Past presenters

• Jim Hawkins - former presenter of the weekday Talk Show
• Liz Kershaw - former breakfast show presenter, as of 2005 a presenter on BBC 6 Music
• Steve Riches - former brekfast show presenter, as of 2005 presents BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's breakfast programme
• Howard Stableford - went on to present the BBC television series Tomorrow's World
• Martin Stanford - as of 2005 presents Sky News's Sky News Today

External links

• BBC Radio Northampton
• Media UK - BBC Radio Northampton