Newbury Sound
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| Broadcast area | West Berkshire |
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| Frequency | 105.6 MHz, 107.4 MHz |
| First air date | 29 May 2000 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Owner | Celador |
| Website | http://www.newburysound.co.uk/ |
Newbury Sound (formerly Kick FM) is an Independent Local Radio that broadcasts from the studios of sister station Andover Sound at Eastgate House, and covers West Berkshire.
The station began broadcasting full-time in 2000, although several restricted service licence broadcasts were run beforehand under the 'Kick FM' name. Another station, NBC FM, run by Bruno Brookes and Keith Chegwin, made a rival application to the Radio Authority to become a full-time station in West Berkshire.
The full time service was launched by Ian Downs (Downsy) who left in 2002 and returned to the station seven years later.
Kick FM was bought by Tindle Radio in 2006, but was then sold in August 2009 to Andover Sound. The station was rebranded as Newbury Sound at 7am on Monday 5th October 2009.
In August 2011, Newbury Sound along with Andover Sound were sold to Celador Radio.
In December 2011, Newbury Sound was named Station of the Year 2011 (South) in the Radio Academy's Nations and Regions awards.
January 23rd 2012, the station ended live programming from Bone Lane in Newbury and co-located to the studios of Andover Sound. Both stations share the same output with localised news, sweepers, links and commercials.
[edit] Presenters
- Steve Randall (Weekday Breakfast, Saturday Breakfast)
- Mark Walker (Weekday Mid-mornings, Sunday Lunchtime)
- George Kay (Weekday Afternoons)
- Ben Burrell (Weekday Evenings, Sunday Afternoon)
- David Perry (Saturday Lunchtime)
- George Kay (Saturday Afternoon)
- Tony Wright (Saturday Evening)
- Andy Green (Sunday Breakfast)
- Michelle Horn (Sunday Evening)
[edit] News staff
News Editor Emily Tolloczko
Broadcast Journalist
Charlotte Bradford
[edit] External links
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