Sunshine Radio in Ludlow dates back to the late-1970s. In the summer of 1986 a special event radio station for the Stoke-on-Trent national garden festival occupied the 1017 kHz frequency. It was to be 12 months before Sunshine was heard again The Government once again announced plans for community radio licences in 1988. In 1990 the Sunshine management formed a new company, South Shropshire Communications Ltd. They were granted a test and development licence. In 1992, the Radio Authority advertised a licence for Ludlow and South Shropshire. South Shropshire Communications Ltd applied and won the licence finally taking to the air on 18 October 1992 as Sunshine 855. The new transmitters were still at Villa Farm with studios in a converted house in Ludlow. In 2013 Sunshine Radio won a broadcasting licence to take the Ludlow version of the station onto the FM band.
The station ended transmissions on MW on 19 January 2024, after permission was granted by Ofcom on the grounds of the expensive cost of maintaining the transmitters and the small number of listeners who listen on mediumwave.[3]
sunshine, radio, ludlow, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, sunshine, radio, ludlow, news, newspapers, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sunshine Radio Ludlow news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Sunshine Radio Ludlow is an Independent Local Radio station based in Ludlow Shropshire The station currently serves south Shropshire north Herefordshire and north Worcestershire Sunshine Radio Ludlow LudlowBroadcast areaSouth Shropshire north Herefordshire and north WorcestershireFrequencyFM 105 9 MHz South Shropshire and North Herefordshire Wooferton 107 8 MHz North Worcestershire and South Shropshire Clee Hill amp OnlineRDSSunshineProgrammingFormatAdult ContemporaryOwnershipOwnerMurfin Music InternationalSister stationsSunshine Radio Hereford HistoryFirst air date18 October 1992 31 years ago 1 Former frequenciesAM 855 kHzLinksWebsiteSunshine Radio Ludlow Contents 1 History 2 Transmitting stations 2 1 Former 3 See also 4 External links 5 ReferencesHistory editSunshine Radio in Ludlow dates back to the late 1970s In the summer of 1986 a special event radio station for the Stoke on Trent national garden festival occupied the 1017 kHz frequency It was to be 12 months before Sunshine was heard again The Government once again announced plans for community radio licences in 1988 In 1990 the Sunshine management formed a new company South Shropshire Communications Ltd They were granted a test and development licence In 1992 the Radio Authority advertised a licence for Ludlow and South Shropshire South Shropshire Communications Ltd applied and won the licence finally taking to the air on 18 October 1992 as Sunshine 855 The new transmitters were still at Villa Farm with studios in a converted house in Ludlow In 2013 Sunshine Radio won a broadcasting licence to take the Ludlow version of the station onto the FM band Transmitting stations edit105 9 FM Woofferton transmitting station south of Ludlow 107 8 FM Clee Hill Former edit 855 kHz AM Villa Farm between Ludlow and Tenbury Wells 2 The station ended transmissions on MW on 19 January 2024 after permission was granted by Ofcom on the grounds of the expensive cost of maintaining the transmitters and the small number of listeners who listen on mediumwave 3 See also editSunshine Radio FM Sunshine 1530 South Shropshire Communications Ltd Companies House entryExternal links editChange of control review Ofcom Sunshine Radio More history and old recordingsReferences edit Media UK Sunshine 855 Retrieved 30 September 2010 mb21 Villa Farm Sunshine Radio granted permission to turn off AM frequency Radio Today 14 January 2024 Retrieved 14 January 2024 52 22 36 N 2 43 26 W 52 3766 N 2 7240 W 52 3766 2 7240 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sunshine Radio Ludlow amp oldid 1212967844, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
