Kiss 105-108

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Kiss 105-108

Broadcast area	East of England
First air date	September 6, 2006
Frequency	105.6 MHz FM (Cambridge) 106.4 MHz FM (North Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk & Cambridgeshire) 106.1 MHz FM (Mid & East Norfolk/North Suffolk) 107.7 MHz FM (Peterborough) DAB Digital Radio (Cambridge, Norwich & Peterborough)
Format	Dance / Urban / R & B
Owner	Kiss Network, EMAP Radio
Website	Total Kiss

Kiss 105-108 is the East of England's regional radio station broadcast from Reflection House, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, broadcasting dance music and R'n'B across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and North Essex.

Kiss 105-108 was previously known as Vibe 105-108 or Vibe fm which ran successfully from 22nd November 1997 until relaunched on September 6, 2006 as part of the Kiss network alongside sister station Vibe 101 (which became Kiss 101 on the same date)and Kiss 100, London.

All three Kiss stations started to carry the new Kiss logo, and the core music genre was more balanced between dance and urban. Both Kiss 105-108 and Kiss 101 retained some shows and DJs who previously presented under the Vibe brand, but now offer shows that are simulcast by one DJ across all 3 stations including international high profile DJs such as Carl Cox, Armin Van Buuren and John Digweed.

1 Frequencies
2 History
3 Audience figures
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Frequencies

The station broadcasts on 106.4 MHz (FM Mendlesham 20 kW and the strongest signal by far which can be heard in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire), 106.1 MHz FM (Stoke Holy Cross, near Norwich), 105.6 MHz FM (Madingley, near Cambridge), and 107.7 MHz FM (Gunthorpe; a district of Peterborough). Note: North & West Norfolk are not officially served by the station, although a signal from the Mendlesham transmitter can be received in this area. Kiss 105-108 can also sometimes be heard across Lincoln, South Essex even the edge of Bedfordshire and Greater London although not officially serving these areas.

DAB

Kiss 105-108 currently broadcasts in DAB format to Cambridge, Norwich and Peterborough.

The station was previously available on DAB Digital radio in both Ayr and Dundee, Scotland but was replaced with Kiss 100 on October 24, 2005, after EMAP bought out multiplex operator SCORE Digital's parent company Scottish Radio Holdings.

Internet

The station is streamed in the Windows Media format at Total Kiss or directly in Windows Media format at www.whatson.com/Kiss105 a website owned by Emap.

[edit] History

The station was founded by the Essex Radio Group, who at the time also owned many local radio stations, the largest of that time being Essex FM.

In 2000, the Group was purchased by the GWR Group, (now known as GCap Media following its merger with Capital Radio Group plc in May 2005) in a joint venture with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH). At this point in time the GWR group also acquired Galaxy 101 (Renamed to Vibe 101) from the Crysalis media group, extending the Vibe brand to South Wales and the West. Scottish Radio Holdings bought both stations outright from GWR in 2003.

In 2005 the EMAP group acquired SRH.

[edit] Audience figures

Vibe FM enjoyed respectable and stable audience figures in recent years, with the RAJAR results for Q4 2005 showing that the station reached in excess of 300,000 listeners every week. These same results also show that each week, Vibe FM's listeners tuned in for almost 8 hours on average.

Inital figures as Kiss 105-108 have remained impressively stable considering rebranding established brands with heritage often results in a significant audience dip:

The last Quarter of 2006 attained a weekly reach of 289,000 listeners a week, average hours of 8.2 giving a strong 5.4% market share making the station commerical market leader across the East of England for 15-34 year olds.