BBC Radio Solent
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BBC Radio Solent is the BBC's local radio station serving Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, broadcasting on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Havelock Road in Southampton.
Former presenter Nick Girdler in an original BBC Radio Solent studio in Southampton
The Solent
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The Solent is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores. It is about 20 miles long and varies in wi
BBC Radio Solent
…has a weekly audience of 204,000 listeners and a 4.2% share as of September 2023. The station began broadcasting on 31 December 1970. It is named after The Solent, the area of sea between Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. In 1996, Radio Solent expanded its coverage into West Dorset and South Dorset…
View of the Solent westward from Gurnard, near Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Solent from Wootton, Isle of Wight, showing Wightlink Fishbourne–Portsmouth ferries crossing.
Salt marsh near Lepe Country Park, with the Isle of Wight in the distance
Calshot Castle protected the mouth of Southampton Water