BBC Southern Counties Radio was the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. The station also covered a large part of North-East Hampshire. It was the first BBC Local Radio station to introduce a controversial all-speech format. It broadcast from its studios in Brighton and Guildford on FM, AM and on DAB on the NOW Sussex Coast server.
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