Smooth Lake District
- Manchester
100.8 MHz (Windermere)
101.4 MHz (Keswick)
DAB+: 11B (Morecambe Bay)
Smooth Lake District is an Independent Local Radio station for the Lakes, owned and operated by Global and part of the Smooth network.
Overview
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Originally known as Lakeland Radio, the station broadcasts from transmitters at Kendal on 100.1 MHz,[1] the western side of Lake Windermere on 100.8 MHz[2] and Keswick Forest on 101.4 MHz.[3][4]
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.[5] Part of the service area overlaps with that of its Lancaster-based sister station The Bay (now Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria).
On 20 November 2017, CN Group announced Lakeland Radio would be sold to Global along with sister station The Bay - the sale was finalised by 1 December 2017.[6] Global later announced Lakeland Radio would become part of the Smooth network.
The Lakeland Radio brand and programming were phased out in February 2018 and following a transition period, the station was relaunched as Smooth Lake District at 6 am on Monday 5 March 2018.[7]
In September 2019, the station closed its Kendal studios and co-located with sister station Smooth North West in Manchester.[8]
Following OFCOM's decision to relax local content obligations from commercial radio, Smooth's local Drivetime and weekend shows were replaced by network programming from London.[9] Local news bulletins, traffic updates, and advertising were retained, alongside the station's Lake District breakfast show.
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from Global's Manchester studios from 6-10 am on weekdays. All networked programming originates from Global's London headquarters, including The Smooth Drive Home with Angie Greaves.[10]
News
Global's Newsroom broadcasts hourly local news bulletins from 6 am to 7 pm on weekdays and from 6 am to 12 pm on weekends.[11]
National news updates air hourly from Global's London headquarters at all other times.
See also
References
- ^ "mb21 - The Transmission Gallery". tx.mb21.co.uk.
- ^ "mb21 - The Transmission Gallery". tx.mb21.co.uk.
- ^ "mb21 - The Transmission Gallery". tx.mb21.co.uk.
- ^ Lakeland Radio broadcasting to Keswick area[permanent dead link], News & Star, 23 April 2013
- ^ Lakeland Radio adds third FM frequency, Radio Today, 25 April 2013
- ^ Lakeland Radio Sold To Global Entertainment Group, Lakeland Radio, 20 November 2017
- ^ Plans announced for The Bay and Lakeland Radio – RadioToday, Radio Today, 8 January 2018
- ^ Lake District radio stations' studios to close Nicole Regan, The Mail, 26 February 2019
- ^ Smooth Radio poaches Angie Greaves for national Drive, Radio Today, 29 May 2019
- ^ Smooth Radio public file - Lake District
- ^ Smooth Radio public file - Lake District
External links
- Smooth Lake District
- Media UK
- History of local radio in Cumbria
- Kendal transmitter
- Windermere transmitter
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- Smooth Chill
- Smooth Country
- Smooth Relax
- East Midlands
- Lake District
- London
- North East
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- Scotland
- Wales
- West Midlands
- Timeline of Smooth Radio
- Simon Bates at Breakfast
- The Golden Hour
- Our Tune
- Jonny Gould
- Smooth 70s
- Jazz FM
- 102.2 Jazz FM
- 100.4 Jazz FM
- 102.2 Smooth FM
- Jazzfm.com
- Smooth Radio (2010)
- Smooth presenter history
- Wrexham and Chester Gold
- List of Global Group stations
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