BBC Radio CWR

BBC CWR is the BBC's local radio service for Coventry and Warwickshire. It brings together city neighbourhoods, county towns and rural communities through reporting, interviews, music and sport. Coventry is a strong centre of the station's identity, while its county coverage gives Warwickshire's separate communities a place in the same programme.

Darren Harriott and Mark Rhodes are among the named presenters associated with CWR's entertainment output. Alongside those longer programmes, Secret Coventry and Secret Warwickshire explore local history and unusual stories. Subjects have included Coventry's conjoined twins and hidden tunnels in Warwickshire, showing how the station moves beyond immediate headlines into the area's past.

Coventry City coverage supplies a continuing football strand. Community participation appears through Your Voice, which invites experiences and concerns from listeners, and Star School, which highlights local schools. Make a Difference carries help and information, while Upload opens space for creative contributions. These features connect the station with people making, organising and taking part in local life.

Shared BBC programming broadens the schedule at other times. Merisha Stevenson presents music and stories from African and Caribbean communities, with selections including reggae, soul and contemporary African pop. Jo Good's Late Night Jo adds conversation and personal stories later in the evening, followed by BBC Radio 5 Live during weekend overnight hours. The combination provides locally rooted material within a wider BBC listening day, rather than a separate Coventry-only production at every hour.