The first voice to be heard was that of Peter Gore who was one of the four-person start-up team headed by Mike Warr.

It launched from Broadcasting House, just off Rouge Bouillon in St Helier, and moved to its present premises in Parade Road in March 1994.

[2] In recent years, local output has been reduced to eight hours on weekdays, coinciding with an increase in regional programming shared with sister station BBC Radio Guernsey.

[3] In addition to its FM and AM frequencies, the station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 711 and streams online via BBC Sounds.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's St Helier studios from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays.