Tameside Radio

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Tameside Community Radio
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Broadcast area Tameside
Frequency 103.6 MHz
First air date 30 September 2007
Format Adult contemporary, eclectic
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Owner Quest Media Network Limited
Website Tameside Radio

Tameside Radio is a radio station across Tameside in the eastern area of Greater Manchester. It is broadcast on 103.6 FM across Tameside and the surrounding areas, and online. It is broadcast from the Harrop Edge transmitter in Mottram. Tameside Radio is a volunteer-based station with around 210 people volunteering.

Structure

Tameside Radio is a community radio station that launched on 30 September 2007. Most of the presenters are volunteers. There have been 230 volunteers registered at Tameside Radio as of December 2009. Currently there are around 20 active volunteers and 5 people are in training as contributors. Tameside Radio was acquired by social landlord New Charter Housing Trust in 2011.[1]

Content

There is a wide variety of content on Tameside Radio and the music played is mainly from the 60s to current with news and information in between.

During the day Tameside Radio targets adult listeners, generally, over 25 with a mix of music considered Adult Contemporary with added oldies and current hits. During the day the station's output is magazine style with music and speech features.

The daytime shows include "Wake Up Tameside!" with Louise Croombs (7am-11am) then it's Danny Tipping at Lunch (11am-2pm). Tameside Today covering different subjects each day (2pm-3pm). Drivetime with Mark Alston (3pm-7pm Monday to Thursday/6pm Fridays) News is provided regularly by the Tameside Reporter team of journalists.

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