- Sunshine 855
Radio station
name = Sunshine Radio 855
airdate =September 3 1988
frequency = 855KHz & [http://www.sunshineradio.co.uk Online]
area =South Shropshire ,North Herefordshire and NorthWorcestershire
format = Contemporary
owner =Laser Broadcasting Sunshine Radio 855 is a local
radio station , based inLudlow ,Shropshire . The station serves SouthShropshire , NorthHerefordshire , NorthWorcestershire and theEngland /Wales Borders.Background
The station broadcasts on 855 AM in Shropshire (with a sister service on 954 AM in
Herefordshire & 1530 AM inWorcestershire ) and plays music from the 60s to the present day, along with features, local news, sport, weather, travel information and more.History
After a very successful spell on air as a
pirate radio station in the 1980s, the station went on air officially in October1992 . Before being owned byLaser Broadcasting , Sunshine Radio 855 was operated byMurfin Media Ltd . Sunshine 855 is now known as simply Sunshine Radio, more recently forming part of a family of stations broadcasting under the same name with FM services in Hereford and Monmouth in addition to the two additional AM services mentioned above.Presenters
Steve Marshall (ex Voice of Peace), Austin Powell (now MD at Radio Maldwyn), Paul Ellery (Now Wyvern FM Drive) and
Trevor Thomas were amongst the first DJs on the station, the first Managing Director was Graham Symonds.Former presenter Jason King is now a well known name on
Virgin Radio as part of the double actJK and Joel .Other Presenters present and past include John Hyde, Adie James, Stuart Hickman, Nick Jones (former Radio Maldwyn presenter), John Taylor (now at Aston FM), James Hazell (now at BBC Radio Suffolk), Tim Cooper (now at Sunshine Hereford), Neil James (sadly now deceased), Simon Doe (now at Radio Maldwyn), Matt Healey (now at Sunshine Hereford), Nigel Morris (now at pulse), Gary Watkins, Ryan Kennedy (now at Beacon Shropshire), Chris Gray (now 107.2 The Wyre), Steve Edge (former Radio Maldwyn and Radio Ceredigion presenter).
External links
* [http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/car/ccr/laser/sunshine.pdf Change of control review] -
Ofcom .
* [http://www.sunshine-radio.info
* [http://www.thepiratearchive.net The Pirate Archive]
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