Mansfield 103.2 FM

Mansfield 103.2
Broadcast area North Nottinghamshire
North-East Derbyshire
Slogan The Home of Great Music
Frequency 103.2 MHz FM
First air date 1 February 1999
Format Contemporary
Audience share 10.4% (September 2013, Rajar listening figures)
Transmitter coordinates 53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°WCoordinates: 53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°W
Owner Murfin Music International
Website http://www.mansfield103.co.uk

Mansfield 103.2 FM is an Independent Local Radio station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, serving the areas of Mansfield and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and nearby Bolsover in Derbyshire.[1]

Shared transmitter at Fishpond Hill

It was launched in 1999 after winning a licence to broadcast from the Radio Authority in 1998.[2] It is based at the Brunts Business Centre, near the centre of Mansfield, and uses a shared transmitter mast sited at Fishpond Hill,[3] on the outskirts of Mansfield near to Skegby.[4]

Mansfield 103.2's Managing Director is Tony Delahunty and the Managing Editor is Ian Watkins.[5]

The station is Mansfield's only local radio station and is one of the town's major sources of news and sports coverage.

Schedule & Presenters

Daytime Schedule

Evenings/Weekend & Specialist Presenters

  • Si Gilmore (Saturday Breakfast)
  • Stewart Nicholson (Drivetime)
  • Cameron Ward (The Saturday Show & Sunday Afternoon Show)
  • Ron Coles (Jukebox Giants)
  • Jason Harrison (The Friday Night Football Forum)
  • Ian Watkins and Lee Wilkinson (Back To The 80's)
  • Terry Hurst (In-Control)
  • Rev. David Fudger (Morning Song)
  • Matt Edwards (Chequered Flag)

News & Sport coverage

Mansfield 103.2 has a dedicated News & Sport team based at Samuel Brunts Way, staffed by Managing Editor Ian Watkins, broadcast journalists Jason Harrison, James Corden, Alex Dye, Roger Williams & Scott Marshall. Each Saturday in the football season, Mansfield 103.2 have regular updates on the local games in the area including Mansfield Town, Chesterfield F.C. Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, South Normanton Athletic F.C., Glapwell F.C., Shirebrook Town F.C. and Sutton Town F.C..

Outside Broadcasts

Mansfield 103.2 has an outside broadcast unit nicknamed The Vision West Notts Street Crusader.[6] The vehicle is manned by Commercial Producer & Engineer Matt Duffill & an OB team and visits local charities, businesses and services.

Sales Team

Mansfield 103.2 have a dedicated sales team, led by Sales Director Peter Topley, with Paul Chadbourne - the Sales Consultant, followed by Dave Plowright and Sarah Maude, both Advertising Executives.

Alleged ghost incident

On 28 July 2008 during the John B Tannen breakfast show, newsreader Ian Watkins was alone in the studio preparing for the 8am news. At 8:00 precisely, just after the news jingle was played, a voice was clearly heard on air whispering "time". Watkins had heard the voice through his headset and prevented him from starting the bulletin. Nobody else was in the studio at the time.

Most Haunted presenter Richard Felix appeared on the show the following day to discuss the incident: It sounds like a man's voice - almost like an old Head Master that may have been here - I mean this is a former school that has been here since the 1890s so we've had a lot of emotion here.

The Gooseberry Pork Pie

In July 2010, Mansfield 103.2 revived a 70 year old Mansfield Tradition of a Gooseberry Pork Pie. Years ago in Mansfield, the town would celebrate with a giant Pork Pie filled with Gooseberrys. The pie wasn't made since the end of the second world war, but in July 2010 The Breakfast Show brought back the tradition, by creating a batch of small gooseberry filled pies with the help of local butchers.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Advertising" catchment area section. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  2. ↑ Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Our History" section. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  3. ↑ Wikimapia. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  4. ↑ The Transmission Gallery. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  5. ↑ Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Who's who" section. Retrieved 11-07-2013
  6. ↑ Mansfield 103.2 News 20th July, 2013 "Mansfield 103.2 will be there with the Vision West Notts Street Crusader so come down and say hello." Retrieved 2014-03-26
  7. ↑ 'Our Mansfield and Area' website administered by Mansfield District Council Museum Mansfield's Gooseberry Pork Pie - "A traditional dish from the Mansfield July Fair" Retrieved 2014-02-03

Rajar Listening Figures, Retrieved 2014-02-03

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