| City of license | Salisbury |
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| Broadcast area | Salisbury |
| Frequency | 102.0 MHz |
| First air date | 5 September 1992 |
| Format | Variety Hit Radio |
| Audience share | 19.4% (December 2009, [1]) |
| Owner | UKRD |
| Website | SpireFM.co.uk |
Spire FM was awarded the licence to broadcast to the City of Salisbury and surrounding areas by the former Radio Authority, now OFCOM, in 1991. The capital needed to launch the station was raised entirely from local investors.
The station takes its name from the spire of Salisbury Cathedral.
Born on 5 September 1992, Spire FM broadcasts from City Hall Studios in Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, part of the City Hall entertainments venue.
Spire FM has won a prestigious Sony Radio Award for Station of the Year in 1994 and the runner-up award in 2003. Other awards include: the KPMG Marketing Excellence Award, and Wiltshire Business of the Year finalists.
The station has received many industry awards and won the Radio Academy Nations and Regions award for 'Station of the Year' in the South region in 2007 and 2008.
Spire FM is owned by UKRD and in March 2010 it was ranked twenty-seventh in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For.
In March 2011 it was ranked 1st in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For.
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Chris Carnegy
Andrew White
John Greenstreet
Peter McFarlane
Louise Whitefield
Bob Kingsley
Adrian Lovett
Dave Woollatt
John Ellery
Ian Axton
Iain Meadows
Marc Bond
Adrian Clarkson
David Harber
Michelle Horn
Peter Ruskin
Tim Butcher
Dom Green
Kevin Gover
Matt Rogers
Stuart McGinley
Richard Lavelle
Rob Maybury
Claire McDonald
Ken Rayner
Roger Clarke
Jonathan Pyle
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