Do you have problems receiving GLOSS FM?

From Yate to Chepstow, Almondsbury to Berkeley we provide a good signal in most of South Gloucestershire and you should have no problems in receiving us. You can see an indication of our approximate coverage area here.  However, with a poor quality radio, or in more outlying areas or in certain houses with thick walls and small windows our signal may be weaker, so some effort may be required to fiddle with your aerial to get a good signal.

Known weak signal areas are Lower Almondsbury, Tockington, Charfield, Wotton and some areas of Bradley Stoke.

The effect of a good aerial and its orientation should not be underestimated. If you are using a portable radio, ensure the silver rod aerial is fully extended. Also try moving the aerial to multiple angles from horizontal to vertical, and try to move it near a window or the corner of a room.  Bed-side radios often have a bundle of wire at the rear.  This is an aerial, so try unfolding it and placing it in various directions until you get a better signal! 

Try to move your radio away from sources of interference.  Powerful electical devices like some lighting, washing machines, TV's etc can produce strong interfering signals which swamp radio reception. Car radios are normally more sensitive than domestic radios, although you may need to fiddle in the menu to switch the tuning to manual to find GLOSS FM, as sometimes the auto-tune is set to skip past small stations and only select powerful regional and national stations.  We have had reception reports from as far afield as Ludlow in Shropshire, Membury Services (M4), Bath and Weston-Super-Mare, so don’t give up and persevere! There is good general advice on the BBC website here:

www.bbc.co.uk/reception/analogueradio/fm_reception.shtml

If none of this helps then a sure-fire way to get great reception (anywhere in the world) is to tune in and listen online.  The easiest way to listen online is to download the GLOSS FM Community Toolbar, plus you get lots of extra benefits too!  More info..

If you are having further reception problems then please get in touch with us and we'll do all we can to help out.