- Station name Station name
- BBC Radio Orkney
- Description Description
- Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland frequency: the flagship breakfast programme Around Orkney, a short lunchtime news at 12:54 pm featuring local news and weather for Orkney and Shetland, and…
- Launch date Launch date
- 9 May 1977
- Owner Owner
- BBC
- Contact Contact
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BBC Radio Orkney
United Kingdom
Format
102kbps • AAC
It covers the Orkney Islands. The station is based in Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland.
At a glance
Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United Kingdom
|
|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | bbc.co.uk |
Socials Socials
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Broadcast band
FM
Primary frequency
93.7 MHz
Service type
FM
Transmitter coordinates
58.9753, -3.0842
Coverage area
Orkney
Owner / network
BBC
First air date
9 May 1977
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Station details
Station details
10 details
Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 914724 |
|---|---|
| Region | United Kingdom, Alba / Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58.9753, -3.0842 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Owner | BBC |
| Broadcast area | Orkney |
| Launched | 9 May 1977 |
| Website | bbc.co.uk |
| Primary frequency | 93.7 MHz |
| Broadcast band | FM |
Stream health
Stream health
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Recent playback checks and any current warnings for this stream.
| Last check | 17 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | a.files.bbci.co.uk |
| Final host | a.files.bbci.co.uk |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/x-mpegurl |
| Server software | AmazonS3 |
| Latency | 9 ms |
Source information
Source information
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| Current stream format | AAC |
|---|
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Stream checked
17 hours ago
Last successful stream
17 hours ago
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Station profile
About station About BBC Radio Orkney
It covers the Orkney Islands. The station is based in Castle Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, in Scotland.
Depending on the time of year, there are either two or three broadcasts per day on weekdays on the BBC Radio Scotland frequency: the flagship breakfast programme Around Orkney, a short lunchtime news at 12:54 pm featuring local news and weather for Orkney and Shetland, and Radio Orkney's Evening Programme. From January–March, an evening schedule with weekday programmes air from 6 pm to 7 pm. The station can be heard on 93.7 FM, online via their website, BBC Sounds and via smart speakers.
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