BBC Radio Ulster

BBC Radio Ulster

City of license	Belfast
Broadcast area	Northern Ireland
Frequency	FM: 92–95 MHz MW: 1341 kHz and 873 KHz DAB Freeview: 719 (NI only) Freesat: 716 Sky (UK only): 0118 Virgin Media: 932 Virgin Media Ireland: 906 Online: [1]
First air date	1 January 1975
Format	News, Music, Sport, Comedy
Audience share	21.4% (December 2012, [2])
Owner	BBC, BBC Northern Ireland
Webcast	WMA
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

BBC Radio Ulster (Irish: BBC Raidió Uladh) is one of two Northern Irish BBC radio stations, the other being BBC Radio Foyle located in the city of Derry. BBC Radio Ulster is located at Broadcasting House in the Ormeau Avenue area of Belfast city centre. It is a division of BBC Northern Ireland.

It is the most popular radio station in Northern Ireland and has a range of programmes including news, talk, features, music and sport. News bulletins are broadcast usually on the hour seven days a week from 6:30 am until midnight.

BBC Radio Ulster was founded in January 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4 (previously the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service).

An opt-out of the station exists in Derry BBC Radio Foyle, carrying alternate programming and news for much of the time between 7:30am and 5:00pm weekdays and a few hours at the weekend. The station is also broadcast on DAB Digital Radio, digital television and on the internet. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Ulster simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live overnight.

Funding

The total budget for 2009 allocated to the station is £18.4m.

Programmes

• Across the Line
• Kerry McLean
• Arts Extra
• Blas
• Country Afternoon with Hugo Duncan
• Days Like This
• Evening Extra
• Gardener's Corner
• Good Morning Ulster
• Jazz Club

• On Your Behalf
• Sounds Classical
• Sunday Sequence
• Radio Ulster Folk Club
• Ralph McLean
• Talkback
• Saturday with John Toal
• The Stephen Nolan Show
• Kim Lenaghan
• This New Day
• Your Place and Mine
• The Blame Game

Presenters

• Wendy Austin
• Sean Coyle
• William Crawley
• Hugo Duncan
• Gerry Kelly
• Kim Lenaghan
• Anne Marie McAleese
• Linda McAuley
• Tim McGarry
• Cherrie McIlwaine
• Kerry McLean
• Ralph McLean

• Marie-Louise Muir
• Stephen Nolan
• Karen Patterson
• Rigsby
• Walter Love
• John Toal
• Joe Lindsay
• Donna Legge
• Linley Hamliton
• Mickey Bradley
• Paul Hamill
• Stephen Mcauley
• Seamus McKee
• Lynette Fay

Newsreaders

• Tina Campbell
• Jackie Godfray
• Anne Marie Foster
• Keith Burnside

Weather Presenters

• Barra Best

Angie Phillips

• Cecilia Daly

• Geoff Maskell

Travel news

• Aileen Moynagh

• Ann Jordan

• Elaine Sutherland

• Michael Bedwell

• Allan Preston

External links

• BBC Radio Ulster at BBC Online
• BBC Northern Ireland at BBC Online