It was 29 years ago that BBC Radio Carlisle came in to being. Since 1982 and a change of name the station has served one of the biggest counties in England with around 80 miles of coastline, an area of 2,600 square miles and a population of just under 500,000 people

In an area which stretches from the Solway Firth to Morecambe Bay and bordered by the Pennines and Irish Sea, much of the population is concentrated around Carlisle (the ‘Border City’ ten miles from the Scottish border), West Cumbria (including Whitehaven, Workington and Maryport), Kendal and the Furness peninsula (including Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston).

The county is perhaps best known for The Lake District with its mountains and lakes and attractive Lakeland towns and villages, and The Eden Valley. Our main studios are on Annetwell Street in Carlisle - opposite Carlisle Castle and close to the cathedral and city centre.

There are staffed offices in Barrow, Kendal and Whitehaven that serve the main population centres outside Carlisle, with additional contribution studios in Keswick and at Brockhole near Ambleside.

Each week the station broadcasts nearly a hundred hours of local programmes from 5am to 7pm on weekdays and between 6am and 6pm at the weekend.

There are more than 30 journalists and broadcasters spread around the county providing this valued and trusted service to the people of Cumbria.

Around one in three people in the county tune into the station each week - which makes almost 100,000 Cumbrians who simply wouldn't be without their local station!

Foot and Mouth disease has had an huge impact on the county as a whole and we are the only local radio station to serve the whole of the county. We are proud to bring to listeners the places, the people and the sounds which make the county what it is.

FM frequencies
North, East and West 95.6FM
South 96.1FM
Whitehaven 104.1FM
Keswick 104.1FM
Kendal 95.2FM
Windermere 104.2FM

AM frequencies
North 756AM
South 837AM
West 1458AM