- Station name Station name
- BBC Radio Merseyside
- Description Description
- According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 205,000 listeners and a 4.7% share as of June 2025.
- Launch date Launch date
- 22 November 1967
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC Radio Merseyside
United Kingdom
BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC's local radio station serving Merseyside, North and West Cheshire and West Lancashire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds, from studios on Hanover Street in Liverpool.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | bbc.co.uk |
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Broadcast profile
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Broadcast band
FM
Primary frequency
95.8 MHz
Service type
FM
Coverage area
Merseyside, north and west Cheshire and west Lancashire
Owner / network
BBC
First air date
22 November 1967
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 914811 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Coordinates | 53.403816, -2.9833914 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Owner | BBC |
| Broadcast area | Merseyside, north and west Cheshire and west Lancashire |
| Launched | 22 November 1967 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
| Primary frequency | 95.8 MHz |
| Broadcast band | FM |
Stream health
Stream health
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| Last check | 21 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| Final host | as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/vnd.apple.mpegurl |
| Server software | c3 |
| Latency | 31 ms |
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Stream checked
21 hours ago
Last successful stream
21 hours ago
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About station About BBC Radio Merseyside
BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC's local radio station serving Merseyside, North and West Cheshire and West Lancashire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds, from studios on Hanover Street in Liverpool.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 205,000 listeners and a 4.7% share as of June 2025.
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