Asian Sound

Asian Sound Radio

Broadcast area	North West England, North Yorkshire
Frequency	963, 1377 KHz & DAB Digital Radio & TuneIn Radio
First air date	3 June 1996
Format	Asian
Owner	Asian Sound Radio Ltd

Asian Sound Radio is a radio station located in Broadcast House, Southall Street in Manchester.^[1] It is the only 24-hour radio station in the North West dedicated to the Asian community, broadcasting across the whole region from Preston in the North to Stockport in the South. The programming is a blend of news, current affairs, interviews, competitions, music and information in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati.

Asian Sound Radio has a plethora of presenters, the youngest being 19 year old Inzy Rashid who presents the Breakfast Show and a Sports Roundup show. Nuzhat Mehboob is the longest running presenter of the station as she was one of the first presenters when the station trialed in 1994.

Current presenters

Nuzat Mehboob
Dr. Abdul Shakoor
Guriya Ahmad
Abdul Wahab
Inzy Rashid
Laiba Razzaq
Ibn-e-Tabish
Sana Wahid
Maha khan
Zahid Zaffar
Shama Khan
Majid Hussein

References

↑ "Asian Sound Radio". Ofcom. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

External links

Official website

Radio stations in Greater Manchester, England

Longwave AM stations	198 (BBC Radio 4) 252 (RTÉ Radio 1)

Medium wave AM stations	909/693 (BBC Radio 5 Live) 1089/1053 (Talksport) 1152 (Piccadilly Magic 1152) 1215 (Absolute Radio) 1350 (Radio Cavell) 1377 (Asian Sound Radio) 1458 (Gold)

FM stations	88.4 (Gaydio) 89.3/89.8 (BBC Radio 2) 90.1 (Peace FM) 91.5/91.9 (BBC Radio 3) 92.8 (Unity Radio) 93.7/94.1 (BBC Radio 4) 94.4 (Salford City Radio) 95.1/104.6 (BBC Radio Manchester) 96.2 (96.2 The Revolution) 96.5 (Bolton FM) 96.9 (ALL FM) 97.0 (Crescent Radio) 97.2 (Wythenshawe FM) 97.7 (XFM) 98.9/99.3 (BBC Radio 1) 99.7 (Oldham Community Radio) 100.4 (Smooth Radio) 101.1 (Classic FM) 102.0 (Capital) 102.4 (Wish FM) 103.0 (Key 103) 103.6 (Tameside Radio) 104.9 (Imagine FM) 105.4 (Heart) 106.1 (Real Radio XS) 106.6 (North Manchester FM) 107.4 (Tower FM) 107.8 (Pure Radio). The FM BBC Radio stations are broadcast from two transmitters, Holme Moss and Saddleworth.

DAB	Stations: Absolute Radio Asian Sound Radio BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Asian Network BBC World Service BBC Radio Manchester Classic FM Capital Gold Heart Heat Radio Kerrang Key 103 Piccadilly Magic 1152 Planet Rock Smooth Radio Talksport The Arrow XFM Multiplexes: CE Manchester (local) MXR North West (regional)

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Coordinates: 53°29′31″N 2°14′44″W / 53.492036°N 2.245444°W / 53.492036; -2.245444