Spire FM
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| City of license | Salisbury |
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| Broadcast area | Salisbury |
| Frequency | FM: 102.0 MHz |
| First air date | 20 September 1992 |
| Format | Variety Hit Radio |
| Audience share | 17.3% (June 2013, RAJAR) |
| Owner |
The Local Radio Company (UKRD Group) |
| Website | www.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 station takes its name from the spire of Salisbury Cathedral. It was fully launched on 20 September 1992 (the licence ran from the 5th, when test transmissions began to be shared with programmes about the Salisbury arts Festival). 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 Group 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.
Current presenters
- Martin Starke
- Craig Hicks
- Pat Sissons
- Kieran Williams
- Ian Burrage
- James Martin
News team
- Henrietta Creasey
- Faye Marsh
- Mike Draper
Past presenters
Chris Carnegy
Chris Ewington
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
Richard Lavelle
Rob Maybury
Claire McDonald
Ken Rayner
Roger Clarke
Jonathan Pyle
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