Editing BBC Three Counties Radio (section)

==History==
===BBC Radio Bedfordshire (1985–1993)===
[[File:BBC Radio Bedfordshire.jpg|frame|left|Radio Bedfordshire logo]]

The station launched as "Radio Bedfordshire" on 24 June 1985, serving the whole of [[Bedfordshire]] plus (despite the name) North [[Buckinghamshire]] and the northern parts of [[Hertfordshire]]. Therefore [[Bedford]], [[Luton]], [[Dunstable]], [[Milton Keynes]], [[Knebworth]], [[Berkhamsted]], [[Tring]], [[Harpenden]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Aylesbury]], [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[St Albans]], [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]], [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Letchworth|Letchworth Garden City]], [[Stevenage]] and [[Hitchin]] were served by the new station. In 1992, the station became known as "BBC Radio Bedfordshire with Herts and Bucks".

===BBC Three Counties Radio (1993–present)===
The station changed to its present name on 5 April 1993. The new name was intended to reflect the wider reach across the three counties and to give equal service to all. 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.

BBC Three Counties Radio became available on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] radio on 14 February 2013. In June 2015, the station moved from its Luton base to new studios in Dunstable.