Abbey FM was an Independent Local Radio station for Barrow-in-Furness and the Furness Peninsula. The station ceased transmission at 3p.m. on 30 January 2009 and was placed into administration with the loss of seven jobs. This followed one of the station's main backers, The Local Radio Company, withdrawing their support three weeks earlier. The Station Manager at the time Amanda Bell told the North West Evening Mail that this "forced the hand of the other shareholders" and that she was only informed of their decision on the day of the closure at 12.30p.m.[1]
Abbey FM was owned by The Radio Business Ltd (35%), CN Group Ltd (30%) and The Local Radio Company Ltd (35%). The licence was for a locally focused, full-service, music and information lifestyle station for 25- to 64-year-olds service to serve the town of Barrow-in-Furness and the immediately surrounding area, which has an adult population (aged 15+) of around 65,000.
The licence was issued for a twelve-year period.[2]
As of 3p.m. on Friday 30 January 2009, Abbey FM stopped broadcasting, shortly after the announcement that the station had been placed into administration by its joint owners CN Group, TLRC and The Radio Business.[3]
abbey, abbey, independent, local, radio, station, barrow, furness, furness, peninsula, station, ceased, transmission, january, 2009, placed, into, administration, with, loss, seven, jobs, this, followed, station, main, backers, local, radio, company, withdrawi. Abbey FM was an Independent Local Radio station for Barrow in Furness and the Furness Peninsula The station ceased transmission at 3p m on 30 January 2009 and was placed into administration with the loss of seven jobs This followed one of the station s main backers The Local Radio Company withdrawing their support three weeks earlier The Station Manager at the time Amanda Bell told the North West Evening Mail that this forced the hand of the other shareholders and that she was only informed of their decision on the day of the closure at 12 30p m 1 107 3 Abbey FMBroadcast areaBarrow in Furness and the Furness PeninsulaFrequency107 3 MHz OnlineProgrammingFormatCommercialOwnershipOwnerThe Radio Business Ltd CN Group Ltd The Local Radio Company LtdHistoryFirst air date16 October 2006Last air date30 January 2009Abbey FM was owned by The Radio Business Ltd 35 CN Group Ltd 30 and The Local Radio Company Ltd 35 The licence was for a locally focused full service music and information lifestyle station for 25 to 64 year olds service to serve the town of Barrow in Furness and the immediately surrounding area which has an adult population aged 15 of around 65 000 The licence was issued for a twelve year period 2 As of 3p m on Friday 30 January 2009 Abbey FM stopped broadcasting shortly after the announcement that the station had been placed into administration by its joint owners CN Group TLRC and The Radio Business 3 References edit Staff sent home as Abbey FM closes Ofcom awards new FM commercial radio licence for Barrow in Furness Ofcom press release 3 October 2005 Archived from the original on 13 October 2008 Retrieved 11 July 2008 Abbey FM ceases broadcasting Radio Today 30 January 2009 Archived from the original on 5 February 2009 External links edit Busy carnival season for Abbey FM North West Evening Mail 25 June 2008 Retrieved 10 July 2008 Chapples Natalie 22 June 2008 Radio has pupils walking on air North West Evening Mail Retrieved 10 July 2008 Staff sent home as Abbey FM closes North West Evening Mail 30 January 2009 Retrieved 2 February 2009 nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 107 3 Abbey FM amp oldid 1215103735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
