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Background and Format:BBC Radio Ulster aims to provide news, entertainment and sport to a province-wide audience in Northern Ireland, available on 92-95 FM, DAB and on BBC iPlayer. Programme Owner/Production Company:BBCTarget Audience: Listeners age 35+. It has an approximate 50/50 split of male/female listeners during breakfast and drive time and but in the daytime this changes to 40% male and 60% female.Circulation:Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020.Top Tips for PRs: The production teams for individual programmes can usually be reached on +44 (0)28 9033 8000. The news team can be contacted at ni_news@bbc.co.uk. The switchboard can also be reached on +44 (0)8459 555 678 The BBC are unable to advertise on their UK outlets. The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products. The BBC will not carry out competitions.Awards:2018 - ARIAS, Best Specialist Music Show: Soundscapes with Stephen McCauley (bronze) 2016 - ARIAS, Best News Coverage: The Nolan Show (nominated)2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Station of the Year (1 million plus) (gold)2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Music Feature or Documentary: The Sash My Father Wore (nominated)2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Local Radio Journalist of the Year: The Nolan Show Team (bronze)2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million) (nominated)2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best News & Current Affairs Programme, The Nolan Show (nominated)2008 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Braking News Award, 'Omagh Fire Tragedy', BBC Radio Ulster (Winner)Alerts:Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 25 February 2015There have been a number of changes to the schedule at BBC Radio Ulster. The following will take place from 14 March:Cherrie Mcllwaine’s evening show will be extended to five nights a week from Monday to Friday. The hour-long show will be broadcast at 11pm.John Bennett will be moving to the Saturday night slot from 10pm. He will be playing hits and unknown rarities from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.Full details of the new schedule can be viewed here. For press enquiries, Jeff Magill can be reached at jeff.magill@bbc.co.ukGorkana Alert: Thursday 25 September 2014BBC Radio Ulster has announced a range of changes to its schedule:Wendy Austin will present a new dedicated specialist business programme called Inside Business from 2 November. The half-hour programme will broadcast from 1.30pm and provide expert analysis, insight and discussion into the vital and varied world of business and its effects on the economy and everyday lives. It will be repeated on Mondays from 6.30pm.William Crawley is stepping down after 12 years as the host of Sunday Sequence to take over at the helm of BBC Radio Ulster’s longest-running debate programme, Talkback, every weekday from 12-1.30pm.Sunday Sequence, on Sundays at 8.30am-10.15am, will be presented by Audrey Carville and Roisin McAuley, who will present the long-running ethics and