Radio Maldwyn

Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756

Broadcast area	Mid Wales, western Shropshire, north western Herefordshire (approximately; signal is prominent in some areas of North East Wales)
Frequency	756 kHz AM/397 metres Medium Wave Band
First air date	Thursday, 1st July, 1993
Format	Classic Hits
Owner	Murfin Music International/Community Co-Operative
Website	http://www.magic756.net

Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756 was a local commercial radio station serving Mid Wales and the English border counties. Their transmitter site is currently based a few miles outside of Newtown, Powys.

History

The station began broadcasting at 07.56 am on Thursday, 1st July 1993. The original Station Manager and Programme Controller was John Barnes, the original Sales Manager was Lisa Price.

The early days of Maldwyn were marked by a "big" station sound that combined professional commercial radio with a strong community ethos.

Live programmes initially ran between 0700 - 1900, with the Supergold service from the Chiltern Radio Network overnight. The station increased local hours to 2100 a few months after going on air. Maldwyn was the only station outside the Chiltern-owned stations that made full use of the automation service available on Supergold to insert local news, commercials and features within network programming. Maldwyn broadcast the Network News service provided by Chiltern Radio before switching to IRN when Network News closed.

Originally a local station formed as a community co-operative, Radio Maldwyn became a Limited Company in the late 1990s, with original shareholders having 51% of the new company and 49% owned by Murfin Music International, owners of Sunshine 855 in Ludlow, South Shropshire and Sunshine FM in Hereford and Monmouth.

It was decided that in November 2010 the station was to close it was replaced by Radio Hafren

Presenters

• Adrian Lawley (Breakfast)
• Julian Saunders (Midday Show - Formerly at Sunshine 855, Beacon Radio, Star Radio 107.5, Rutland Radio, also Fosseway Radio and 107.9 Oak FM in Hinckley, Leicestershire) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man
• Simon Doe (Drivetime - ex Sunshine 855, 107.5 Cat FM, Wyvern AM, Classic Gold Gem QEFM, Mix 96, Eleven Seventy
• Brian Cullen (ex Radio City 194, Marcher Sound, Marcher Gold, 106.7 KCR)
• Dan Morris (Sundays from 12-4pm) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man
• Austin Powell (ex Beacon Radio, Manx Radio and Sunshine 855 - also Station MD) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man

• Mike Baker (ex Beacon Radio 303, WABC Wolverhampton, Chiltern Radio, Supergold, 100.7 Heart FM, Saga 105.7 FM, Smooth Radio 105.7, Oak FM, Radio Veronica Holland, Radio Kaleidoscope)
• Paul Kay (Track 756 - The Album Download)
• Leon Tippler (World Of Music - ex Radio City 299, Radio 270, Radio Atlantis, Sunshine Radio 299, Sunshine 855)
• Gordon Davies (Country Music show)
• Tony Wickham (World of Jazz - ex Severn Sound)
• Chris Lewis (Interference)
• Gary King (Totally 80's - Syndicated Show)

Former presenters

• Lee Thompson
• Adrian Bodenham
• John Barnes (Now at BBC Radio Lancashire)
• Martin Adams
• Tony Paul (Now on Radio Caroline breakfast show Monday to Friday 7am to 9am UK time from Los Angeles)
• Mark Williams
• Keith Middleton (now at BBC Local Radio in the Midlands)
• Jonathan Breeze (now at Radio City 96.7)
• Ashley Owen
• Alan Gooden
• Emily Sandeman
• Chris Corfield
• Simeon D. Berends (Saturday Night Pre-Party & newsreader)
• Kevin Brown (Brown at Breakfast)

• Steve Marriott
• JJ (Now at 96.4 The Wave)
• Mark Edwards (Now at Sunshine Radio 106.2 Hereford and Monmouth)
• Nick Jones (Now at Sunshine 855)
• John Buckley
• Mike Rumsby (Wednesday Night Rock Show)
• Jason Lafave w/Josh Lafave/Owen Stimpson/SLUG (Nu Metal Fusion)
• Trevor French (Now at 101.8 WCR in Wolverhampton)
• Graham Oldham (ex Sunshine 102.2 Luxembourg, Radio W.A.K.Y. 107 Luxembourg)
• Mick Bates - Farming Programme, 1994

External links

• Official site