• 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.

  • Presenters

    • Alina Jenkins
    • Julian Clegg
    • Jon Cuthill
    • Charlie Crocker
    • Steve Harris
    • Roger Day
    • Paul Miller
    • Richard Latto
    • Sally Taylor
    • Neil Sackley
    • Dave Cash
    • David Allen
    • Tim Daykin
    • Mike Osman
    • Georgina Windsor
    • Mike Powell
    • Phil Jackson
  • Newsreaders

    • Marcus White
    • Mike Powell
    • Jill Sainsbury
    • Lucy Morgan
    • Brian Smith
    • Emily Hudson
    • Julie Massiter
    • Nadine Dukeson
    • Sam Gudger
    • Steve Dale
    • Fiona Biggs
    • Neil Sackley
    • Peter Stuart
  • Reporters

    • Dominic Blake
    • Jo Palmer
    • Tristan Pascoe
    • Neil Sackley
  • Weather Presenters

    • Mike Powell
    • Penny Gower
    • Richard Jackson
    • Helen Wentworth
    • Chiara Dodd
    • Sam Fraser
    • Kaddy Lee-Preston
  • Programmes

  • Weekdays

    • 0500-0630 Alina Jenkins
    • 0630-0900 Julian Clegg
    • 0900-1230 Jon Cuthill
    • 1230-1600 Charlie Crocker
    • 1600-1900 Steve Harris
    • 1900-2200 Roger Day
    • 2200-0100 Paul Miller
    • 0100-0600 Richard Latto

     

  • Saturday

    • 0600-0800 Alina Jenkins
    • 0800-1100 Sally Taylor
    • 1100-1400 Neil Sackley
    • 1400-1830 BBC Radio Solent Sport
    • 1830-2100 Dave Cash
    • 2100-0100 David Allen
    • 0100-0600 Richard Latto

      Sunday

    • 0600-0900 Tim Daykin
    • 0900-1200 Mike Osman
    • 1200-1400 Georgina Windsor
    • 1400-1700 Mike Powell
    • 1700-1900 Paul Miller
    • 1900-2100 Phil Jackson
    • 2100-0000 David Allen
    • 0000-0600 Richard Latto