It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Grove Park in Dunstable.

Therefore Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Knebworth, Berkhamsted, Tring, Harpenden, Leighton Buzzard, Aylesbury, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage and Hitchin were served by the new station.

The editorial area was not, at that point, expanded but enhanced studio facilities and staff were devoted to Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

New transmitters at Epping Green and Bedmond extended the coverage area to Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and west Hertfordshire in late 2005.

The former Saturday regional late show, broadcast across the eastern counties from 9pm to 1am was from Cambridge for nearly 30 years hosted by Richard Spendlove MBE.