Sunshine 855

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Sunshine Radio
Broadcast area South Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire
Frequency 855KHz AM & Online
First air date 1 October 1992[1]
Format Contemporary
Owner Murfin Music International

Sunshine Radio is a local radio station, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. The station serves South Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire

History

The original station transmitted on 855 AM in Shropshire, Worcestershire & Herefordshire and played music from the 60s to the present day, along with features, local news, sport, weather, travel information and more.

After a very successful spell on air as a pirate radio station in the 1980s, the station went on air officially on 1 October 1992, after a company was formed, under the name of South Shropshire Communications Ltd. Before being owned by Laser Broadcasting, Sunshine Radio 855 was operated by Murfin Media Ltd, who are now once again in ownership of the station. Sunshine 855 is now known as simply Sunshine Radio, more recently forming part of a family of stations broadcasting under the same name with FM services in Hereford and Monmouth.

In 1992, Sunshine 855 boss James Harding purchased an old Wolseley classic car, which was painted up bright yellow with the station's livery. It was aptly named the "Sunshine Radiomobile", and DJ's such as Jeff Brown, and Mark Edwards dared to venture out with it, as it frequently broke down coming back from a gig.

In 2013 Sunshine Radio won a broadcasting licence to take the Ludlow version of the station onto the FM band. The South Shropshire station can now be heard on both 105.9 FM and 855AM, whilst the Herefordshire and Monmouth stations are on 106.2, 107 and 107.8 FM. The Hereford 106.2 FM frequency can be received in Ludlow though.

The South Shropshire and Hereford & Monmouth stations are separate stations and have their own locally produced shows, news and adverts for the area they cover. This makes it quite unique as the majority of stations with the same owner just broadcast the same station out from one central location, however Sunshine produces two separate stations.

Past & Present Presenters

Present

  • Liam Cash
  • Dave Englefield
  • Adie James
  • Nick Jones (former Radio Maldwyn presenter)
  • Roy Stevens
  • Russ Winstanley
  • Mike Whittingham
  • Claire Harris

  • Gary King - presents Totally 80's/90's, these are bought in, non-local shows

Past

  • Carol Barnes (News Reader from the pirate days)
  • Neal Bowden 1994-1997 (Now Presenter at 103.2 The Coast Dubai)
  • Jeff Brown - pirate from the Saturday morning show, with 'Sid the Duck', and later weekend DJ on the legal station

(Jeff Brown is now a voiceover artist alias Jeff Lavoce and lives in Italy)

  • John Buckley
  • Sue Charles (formally at Radio Wyvern)
  • Major Adrian Coles (local council news)
  • Colin Cooke (best known on air as "Cookie" from the pirate days)
  • Tim Cooper (now works at the BBC in Cardiff)
  • Colin Day (ex Radio Wyvern and Central TV announcer) Now a freelance voiceover artist
  • Dave Dunn (Sunday morning pirate)
  • Phil Dent
  • Rev'd Derrik Jenkyns (Sunday on Sunshine)
  • Simon Doe (now at Radio Maldwyn)
  • Mark Edwards (now at Sunshine Radio Hereford)
  • Matt Edwards (later at 107.7 The Wolf, Wolverhampton)
  • Mike Edwards (Saturday nights 1984/5)
  • Paul Ellery (now at Sunshine Radio Hereford)
  • Chris Gray
  • Adam Green (former Youthcomm Radio Presenter)
  • James Harding (Original Station Manager)
  • James Hazell (now at BBC Radio Suffolk)
  • Matt Healey (now a Street Star at Wyvern FM)
  • Stuart Hickman (formerly of Beacon Radio)
  • Keith Holden (Breakfast 2002 - Former Marcher Sound presenter)
  • Mike Hollis (ex BRMB and Radio Luxembourg)
  • John Hyde
  • Terry Ingram (also on North Cotswold Community Radio and Spitfire Radio (Birmingham))
  • Neil James (Deceased 09/04/2007)
  • Bill Johnson (another Sunday morning, and formerly Saturday evening, pirate)
  • Alan Jones (DJ from the pirate, and later legal days)
  • Martin Kay (later at Radio Maldwyn)
  • Ryan Kennedy (now at Beacon Radio)
  • Jason King - later at BBC Radio One, Virgin Radio, Key 103 and now at Radio Aire as part of JK and Joel
  • Colin Lane (News Reader from the pirate days)
  • Steve Marshall(worked on loads of stations in Northern and Southern Ireland, now involved in running a radio station in Spain)
  • Nathan Morley
  • Nigel Morris (now at The Pulse of West Yorkshire)
  • Ellen Orchard (Now at BBC Radio Manchester and Gaydio)
  • Austin Powell (former managing director of Radio Maldwyn)
  • Steve Powell (pirate)
  • Tony Paul (Now on Radio Caroline)
  • Nick Parton (ex Radio City 194, Marcher Sound, Marcher Gold)
  • Ian Perry (formerly of Beacon Radio)
  • John Taylor (now at Aston FM
  • Jon Potter
  • Toby Riding
  • Julian Saunders (ex-Radio Maldwyn, Beacon Radio, Star Radio, Oak FM and now at Energy FM Isle Of Man)
  • Jay Thomas
  • Trevor Thomas
  • Leon Tipler (ex-Radio City 299, Radio 270, Radio Atlantis - now at Radio Maldwyn)
  • Andy Vass
  • Gary Watkins (Former Radio Wyvern Presenter)

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Media UK - Sunshine 855". Retrieved 2010-09-30. 

Coordinates: 52°22′36″N 2°43′26″W / 52.3766°N 2.7240°W / 52.3766; -2.7240

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