Peninsula FM

Peninsula FM was a radio station founded by and aimed at the people of Helensburgh and the surrounding areas, in Argyll, Scotland.

When it was announced ^[1] in 1999 that a licence would become available for Helensburgh and the Clyde Peninsula Towns, the then local station for Dumbarton, Castle Rock FM, thought they would automatically be given the rights to broadcast in the new catchment. The people of Helensburgh however, had other ideas. Founded by local businessman Mr. G Reynolds, the station ran for three very successful one-month Restricted Service Licences (RSL) between 1999 and 2001, on 105.4 FM.

The idea of the radio station was to offer a service that aimed to inform and entertain, focusing on 'connecting the community'; broadcasting from the heart of Helensburgh with maximum use of live interviews, with a mix of music and chat, and live sports coverage relevant to Helensburgh, Rhu, Garelochhead and the Rosneath Peninsula villages of Kilcreggan, Cove and Clynder. Some of the highlights from the station include an exclusive interview with Murdo MacLeod from Celtic Football Club, and live broadcasts from the Rhu and Cardross Gala days. The support Peninsula FM gave to the Rhu Gala day was so successful in fact; they still provide the PA and music for the event to this day, albeit not live on air.

On 12 June 2003, Ofcom, the UK radio authority, granted the new licence to the Dumbarton station rather than Peninsula FM.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

External links

Peninsula FM Homepage

Radio in Scotland

BBC regional/local stations	BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Shetland BBC Radio Orkney

Regional commercial stations	Capital Heart Scotland

Local commercial stations	Radio Borders Central 103.1 FM Clyde 1 Clyde 2 Cuillin FM Forth 1 Forth 2 Isles FM Kingdom FM MFR NECR Nevis Radio Northsound 1 Northsound 2 Original 106 SIBC Smooth Radio Tay FM Tay AM Two Lochs Radio Wave 102 Waves Radio West FM West Sound AM West Sound FM Your Radio

Community, charity & non-profit stations	Alive Bute FM Celtic Music Radio Insight Radio Isles FM Mearns FM Revival FM The Superstation

Student stations	Air3 Radio Caley Fresh Air Subcity Radio UWS Radio

Defunct stations	Eklipse Sports Radio L107 Peninsula FM Q96 Real Radio River FM 96.3 Rock Radio Scot FM Talk 107

Scottish DAB multiplexes	Central Scotland (regional) Aberdeen Ayr Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness

UK national BBC services	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 5 Live

UK national commercial services	Absolute Radio Classic FM Talksport

UK national DAB multiplexes	BBC National DAB Digital One

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.