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has led to reports of threatened closure on various occasions. In the mid-1980s, a new manager, Tony Inchley, brought in extensive format changes with a view to stabilising the audience, although the station remained small in listenership numbers.
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The station launched as BBC Radio Birmingham on 9 November 1970 and on 23 November 1981, the station changed its name to BBC WM to reflect that the station broadcasts to a wider area than just
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launched as a part time service on BBC WM's MW frequencies (828 and 1458 kHz). In 1996, the Asian Network became a full time service, resulting in BBC WM no longer broadcasting on MW.
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On 15 January 2021, BBC Radio Wolverhampton launched as a temporary sister station. The service provided eight hours of opt-out programming for listeners in
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In November 1981 Radio Birmingham changed its name to BBC Radio WM (the 'Radio' was later dropped) to give a better reflection of the area it covered.
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A short-lived service called WM Heartlands ran between early 1989 and 1991 serving the 'Heartlands' area of East Birmingham using the 1458
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Off-peak programming, including the late show from 10 pm to 1 am, is simulcast across all BBC Local Radio stations across
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frequency. It ran as an experiment, opting out from 8 am until 12 am. On 30 October 1989, the
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studios from 6 am to 10 pm on Mondays to Saturdays and from 6 am to 6 pm on Sundays.
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During the station's downtime, BBC Radio WM simulcasts overnight programming from
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When it launched, the station had a monopoly of local radio in the
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Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's
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and the surrounding area each weekday until 31 March 2021.
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Greatest Hits Radio Birmingham & The West Midlands
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In the 1990s, as an economic measure, BBC WM took over
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area. The station's low audience since the advent of
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