Kingdom FM
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| Broadcast area | Fife |
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| Slogan | Fife's Feel Good Station |
| Frequency | 95.2 MHz, 96.1 MHz, 96.6 MHz, 105.4 MHz, 106.3 MHz, Online & via Mobile apps |
| First air date | 5 October 1998 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 13.1% (December 2012, ) |
| Owner | Kingdom Radio Group |
| Website | www.kingdomfm.co.uk |
Kingdom FM is the dedicated Adult Contemporary radio station for Fife, Scotland. Kingdom FM broadcasts from its studios in Markinch on five frequencies across Fife, 95.2 FM in West Fife, 96.1 FM in Central Fife, 105.4 FM in St Andrews, 106.3 FM in the East Neuk and 96.6 FM in Kirkcaldy and on the web from www.kingdomfm.co.uk . Kingdom FM started broadcasting on 5 October 1998.
According to their charter of service, Kingdom FM is "a highly locally focused broad music and information station for Fife, with community involvement".
History
Kingdom Radio Group bought Lanarkshire station Clan FM and West Lothian station River FM in 2004. Clan FM was relaunched as 107 The Edge. Both stations proved not to be profitable and the Lanarkshire licence was later sold to Mark Page in 2005 and River FM closed in 2007 and its license returned to OFCOM the industry regulator.
Kevin Brady was the Managing Director of Kingdom FM from 2005 to 2012 after replacing Ian Sewell the Chief Executive of the Kingdom Radio Group. Kevin joined Kingdom FM pre-launch in June 1998 as the station Programme Controller.
Blair Crofts was appointed Station Director in 2012,[1] and is now the company's Managing Director. Darren Stenhouse was the Programme Controller and is now Station Manager.
In February 2014 Kingdom FM changed their positioning statement to Fife's Feel Good Station, and launched a new Jingle package from Reelworld Jingles.
News & Sport
News
Local news is presented, weekdays, on the hour between 6am and 7pm and at 6.30, 7.30, 8.30, 16.30 and 17.30 for news headlines, with sport. National news is taken from Sky News Radio from 10pm with a short local news bulletin. Sky News Radio is also taken at midnight and overnight. At the weekend, local news is presented on the hour between 8am and 2pm, with Sky News Radio taken at various times throughout the weekend.
Current News team:
- Laura Haldane (News Editor)
- James Johnstone
- Steven McCaul
Sport
Sports bulletins are presented weekdays during Breakfast and Drivetime at the Half-Hour Headlines and at 11am on Weekends.
Presenters
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The first Drivetime presenter when the station went on air in October 1998 was Kenny Page presenting the Overdrive show. Page left a year later in October 1999 due to ill health. He died on July 30, 2002.
Branding
Jingles have been made for Kingdom FM by Steve England, Bespoke Music, TM Studios and most recently ReelWorld.[2][3][4][5]
Previously the Station voice's have included:
Current Station Voice's:
Charity
Kingdom FM have their very own registered charity, Kingdom Kids, which regularly raises and distributes money to worthy groups and individuals within their broadcast area. The Charity completed a relaunch in May 2014 and began more and more work over Fife, including the launch of a Mascot "The Kingdom Kid". [13]
References
- ↑ http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/08/new-station-director-at-fifes-kingdom-fm/ Radio Today
- ↑ http://www.s2blue.com/imaging_steve2.cfm Steve England Imaging
- ↑ http://www.bespokemusic.co.uk/showreels/8 Bespoke Music
- ↑ http://www.tmstudios.com/ TM Studios
- ↑ http://europe.reelworld.com/ Reel World
- ↑ http://ginamellotte.com/
- ↑ http://davebethell.com/
- ↑ http://www.scottishvoiceovers.com/voices/steve/
- ↑ http://www.gayannepotter.co.uk/
- ↑ http://mrmarkchadwick.co.uk/
- ↑ http://www.love2voice.com/
- ↑ http://www.scottishvoiceovers.com/voices/steve/
- ↑ http://www.kingdomfm.co.uk/life-in-fife/kingdom-kids