| Broadcast area | Southend on Sea and surrounding area |
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| Frequency | 105.1 MHz RDS: Southend |
| First air date | 28 March 2008 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Owner | Adventure Radio |
| Website | www.southendradio.com |
Southend Radio is a local adult contemporary radio station broadcasting to Southend on Sea, in Essex, England from studios in The Icon Building on Southend Seafront, owned by the Adventure Radio Group.
The station was awarded its licence to broadcast in October 2005, beating three rival bids.[1] Southend Radio began broadcasting on 28 March 2008 after a month of test transmissions.
The station networks all of its programs with its sister station Chelmsford Radio, but also networks shows with Connect Radio 106.8 and 97.2 & 107.4.
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The news team is Nick Hull (News Editor) and Carlo Fiorentino.
The "Big Top 40 Show" airs on the station between 4-7pm every Sunday with Rich and Kat, and broadcasts to over 100 radio stations across the UK.
"Playing Just Great Songs"
Southend Radio broadcasts on 105.1 MHz from a transmitter located at the top of Maitland House in Southend High Street. The transmitter also broadcasts "Heart Essex".
The signal on 105.1 can be heard right across Southend-on-Sea and most of south east Essex, but the signal cannot be received beyond Rayleigh and Hockley to the north west of Southend due to a large hill in the area blocking the signal. The same hill also blocks sister station Chelmsford Radio from being received in Southend-on-Sea. In other directions however the signal can be heard as far away as Clacton, Maldon and also North Kent & Medway.