   bbc radio berkshire is the bbc local radio service for the english county of berkshire, north hampshire, and south oxfordshire. radio berkshire broadcasts on 94.6 (henley-on-thames), 95.4 (windsor), 104.1 (hannington) and 104.4 (reading) fm from its studios at caversham park near reading. the 104.1 fm signal is the strongest of the four by far. the station is also available on dab and through live streaming on the internet, also on demand for thirty days after broadcast through the bbc iplayer. notable presenters include andrew peach, henry kelly, debbie mcgee and steve madden. ==history== the station began on 21 january 1992, starting as a sister station of radio oxford, broadcasting for part of the weekday and weekend mornings. due to financial cutbacks, bbc director-general john birt announced that it was to merge with bbc radio oxford on 9 april 1996 to become bbc thames valley fm. on 14 february 2000 the two stations became separate once again. andrew peach joined the station on 10 october 1992. ==branding== the jingles used were the same as those formerly used by radio sheffield, provided by bespoke music of penryn in cornwall. currently, bbc radio berkshire now use the generic bbc local radio jingle by mcasso music production. ==awards== bbc radio berkshire was named station of the year in the 2012 frank gillard awards, also winning in the sports coverage category for its coverage of olympic rowing at eton dorney. andrew peach won silver in both the programme presenter and the ultimate hot seat categories. in the 2013 sony radio academy awards 
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