The Local Radio Company
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | High Wycombe,UK |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Products | Local Radio |
| Website | thelocalradiocompany.com |
The Local Radio Company is a British media company based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire that owns over 27 small independent local radio stations in the UK.
[edit] History
TLRC was originally known as Radio Investments Limited until a takeover in 2004.
Until recently, all stations owned by the group except Fire 107.6 broadcast under a contemporary music format known as Music:fun:life. However, since the departure of Group Programme Director Gordon Davidson in June 2006 to Emap, most stations have developed their own branding.
Network programmes broadcast by the group include the hit40uk chart show, Fire 107.6 takes urban chart show Fresh 40.
Other network shows, such as the evening music and comedy show Simon James and Hill and late-night phone-in North-South Divided (which was broadcast jointly from studios in London and Durham to pitch listeners in the South of England against those in the North) have been dropped in favour of more music-based shows that reflect the daytime sound of the TLRC stations. Since April 2007, Sunday afternoons across the network have been dedicated to a premium rate phone in show hosted by Andy, H and Steve, currently titled 'Money on Your Mobile'.
Network shows are mostly broadcast from Mix 107 in High Wycombe, although they also sometimes came from the alternative network centres at Isle of Wight Radio or Minster FM
In 2005, TLRC made a large number of acquisitions including full control of East Lancashire station 2BR and Bath FM, from its eponymous town. New licenses Durham FM and Brunel FM went on air in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The latest addition is Minster Northallerton FM which started in June 2007 and is reported to be moving location already ...to Alpha 103.2 over the border in Darlington. The company has already moved Bath studios to neighbouring Brunel FM in Swindon.
In 2007 TLRC Station Isle of Wight Radio won the Sony Radio Academy Award for Radio Station of the year 2006 with Silk FM another TLRC Radio Station coming runner up in the same catogary, Silk FM also won the 2006 Christmas Award at the 2007 Jerusalem Radio Awards and North west radio station of the year
[edit] Stations
Arrow FM (Hastings)
Sovereign Radio (Eastbourne)
Spirit FM (Chichester & Midhurst)
The Quay (Portsmouth)
Isle of Wight Radio (Isle of Wight)
Fire Radio (Bournemouth & Poole)
Wessex FM (Dorchester & Weymouth)
Vale FM (Shaftesbury and Blandford)
Ivel FM (Yeovil)
Spire FM (Salisbury)
3TR FM (Warminster)
Bath FM (Bath)
Brunel FM (Swindon)
Mix 107 (High Wycombe)
Mix 96 (Aylesbury)
Silk FM (Macclesfield)
Dune FM (Southport)
Pennine FM (Huddersfield)
2BR (Burnley)
Yorkshire Coast Radio (Bridlington)
Yorkshire Coast Radio (Scarborough)
Minster Northallerton (Northallerton, Thirsk & Bedale)
Minster FM (North Yorkshire)
Stray FM (Harrogate)
Alpha 103.2 (Darlington)
Durham FM (County Durham)
Sun FM (Sunderland)
Central FM (Falkirk & Stirling)
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