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BBC Radio Solent is the BBC Local Radio service for the Isle of Wight and the English counties of Hampshire and Dorset. Its studios are located in Southampton, in the same purpose-built office block as the BBC South Today news studios on Havelock Road with district offices in Portsmouth, Newport, Poole and Dorchester. It was previously based in South Western House, the former railway hotel at the old Southampton docks terminus station.The station is named for the Solent, the area of sea between Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Transmitters

It broadcasts on 96.1FM and 999AM for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and 103.8 FM and 1359AM for Dorset, DAB (NOW South Hampshire) and via its website using Real Player. It began broadcasting on December 31, 1970. The main 96.1FM frequency is not that clear north of Winchester, with BBC Radio Berkshire being the most audible over Hampshire on 104.1FM.

Schedule

Weekdays start with the Early Morning Music show with Alina Jenkins at 5.00am, Julian Clegg does the breakfast show from 6:30 - 9am. Jon Cuthill hosts from 9 - 12.30pm. Charlie Crocker follows in the afternoon (took over from Richard Cartridge) and then Steve Harris is in the chair for Drivetime from 4pm. From 7pm, BBC local radio in the South and South-East share evening programmes, starting with Roger Day, who broadcasts from the studios of Radio Kent and Paul Miller from 10pm - 1am, who is based at the Radio Solent studios. Richard Latto hosts a local overnight show for the station each night after the late show at 1am.

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