| City of license | Sheffield |
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| Broadcast area | South Yorkshire and the North Midlands |
| Slogan | Your Station, Your Music |
| Frequency | 97.4 MHz(Sheffield) 102.9 MHz(Barnsley and Rotherham) 103.4 MHz(Doncaster) DAB, Online |
| First air date |
1 October 1974 RDS* HALLAM |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio |
| Audience share | 14.8% (Q2 2011, [1]) |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | CFM Radio Key 103 Metro Radio Radio City 96.7 96.3 Radio Aire 97.4 Rock FM TFM Radio 96.9 Viking FM |
| Webcast | whatsON |
| Website | Hallam FM |
Hallam FM is an independent local radio station serving South Yorkshire and the North Midlands from studios in Sheffield. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations.
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The station started broadcasting on 1548 kHz/194m AM, 95.2 and 95.9 MHz FM under the name of Radio Hallam from its studios at Hartshead in Sheffield City Centre on 1 October 1974. The first presenter heard on air was ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Johnny Moran - the first record he played was I've Got the Music in Me by Kiki Dee, which stuck after a minute and a half.
In 1987, Radio Hallam merged with neighbouring Yorkshire stations Pennine Radio in Bradford and Viking Radio in Hull to form the now-defunct Yorkshire Radio Network. Currently, Hallam FM shares some weekend programming and news material with Radio Aire in Leeds.
The frequencies were changed during the 1980s to 96.1 FM for Rotherham, 97.4 FM for Sheffield, 102.9 FM for Barnsley, and 103.4 for the rest of South Yorkshire. After a take-over of the parent company YRN by the Metro Radio Group, the AM frequency became Great Yorkshire Gold. The Rotherham transmitter was turned off in the 1990s as part of Hallam's licence agreement and is now used by Rother FM. Hallam also moved its studio facilities to 900 Herries Road, just minutes from Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground. The office space at Hartshead is now used by the Sheffield Star newspaper.[1]
As the Metro Radio group was bought by EMAP, Hallam FM also became part of the Big City Network in Northern England.
In 2011 Bauer Media's Big City Network was replaced by the Place Porfolio containing the group's radio stations which are focused on specific areas of the country.
Hallam FM's main competitors are BBC Radio 1, 105 Capital FM Yorkshire & Real Radio. Other local competing stations include BBC Radio Sheffield, Peak FM, Rother FM, Dearne FM & Trax FM.
The station broadcasts on analogue frequencies on 97.4 FM (Tapton Hill), 103.4 FM (Clifton, near the M18) and 102.9 FM (Ardsley) in Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley respectively. Almost the whole region is covered on 103.4 FM. The station also broadcasts via DAB on the Bauer Radio multiplex, and online.
The majority of programming is presented and produced locally from Hallam FM's Sheffield studios although In:Demand and AfterHours are produced from Key 103 in Manchester and 96.3 Radio Aire in Leeds produces Late and Live. The Vodafone Big Top 40 is produced by Global Radio at its Capital studios in London for broadcast on over 140 commercial radio stations across the UK.
The current Station and Programme Director is former presenter Anthony Gay who is also the Regional Programme Director for the Yorkshire region.
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
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| 0100 – 0600 | Matt Wilkins | Manchester |
| 0600 – 0900 | Big John @ Breakfast: John Harrison, Michelle Mustard & James Crookes (producer) | Sheffield |
| 0900 – 1000 | Big John's 9 O'Clock School Years: John Harrison | |
| 1000 – 1400 | Ollie Hayes | |
| 1400 – 1500 | 2 O'Clock School Years (automated) | |
| 1500 – 1900 | Ed Nell | |
| 1900 – 2200 | In:Demand: Alex James | Manchester |
| 2200 – 0100 | Late and Live: Steve Priestley | Leeds |
| Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2200 – 0000 | 90s Anthems: Michael Blades | Leeds |
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0600 | Adam Brown | Manchester |
| 0600 – 1000 | James Sloan | Sheffield |
| 1000 – 1400 | Top 10 Saturday: Ed Nell | |
| 1400 – 1800 | Matt Wilkins | |
| 1800 – 2200 | Dave Kelly | Manchester |
| 2200 – 0100 | 90's Anthems: Michael Blades | Leeds |
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
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| 0100 – 0400 | Early Sunday (automated) | Manchester |
| 0400 – 0800 | Adam Brown | |
| 0800 – 1200 | Jim Coulson | Sheffield |
| 1200 – 1600 | James Sloan | |
| 1600 – 1900 | The Vodafone Big Top 40: Rich Clarke & Kat Shoob | Leicester Square, London |
| 1900 – 2200 | Janine Jones | Sheffield |
| 2200 – 0100 | Late and Live: Steve Priestley | Leeds |
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