97.4 Rock FM
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| City of license | Preston |
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| Broadcast area | Lancashire |
| Frequency | 97.4 MHz, DAB (223.93 MHz) |
| First air date | 5 October 1982 |
| Format | Contemporary hits |
| Audience share | 8% (March 2011, [1]) |
| Power | 1.4KW |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | CFM Radio Hallam FM Key 103 Metro Radio Radio City 96.7 96.3 Radio Aire TFM Radio 96.9 Viking FM |
| Webcast | Radio Player |
| Website | 97.4 Rock FM |
97.4 Rock FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Lancashire, North West England and some parts of North Wales. Its output is mainly contemporary pop and current chart hits. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations. The total survey area of the station for RAJAR is broadly defined as western, southern and central Lancashire including parts of Greater Manchester and Merseyside. But the station is audible on FM from Cumbria down into Wales and towards The West Midlands.
Rock FM (and its sister AM station Magic 999) broadcast from studios based at a converted church (St. Paul's) in Preston. The station can be received across most of north west England and North Wales. Rock FM consistently rates as the number one commercial radio station in its target service area by reach, share and hours. Over a quarter of all adults in its market listen every week.
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[edit] Overview
In 1990, Red Rose Radio, which was transmitted on 97.4 MHz and 999 kHz, was split into two stations - Red Rose Rock FM using the FM frequency and Red Rose Gold on the medium wave frequency. The managing director was Dave Lincoln and at that time the station was owned by the Miss World Group, later known as TransWorld Communications (owned by Owen Oyston) and which subsequently became part of Bauer Radio (previously EMAP Radio).
In early 2010, it was announced that Adam Catterall would be leaving the station's breakfast show: it was subsequently confirmed that he would be replaced by former Xfm London, Galaxy Yorkshire, and Absolute Radio presenter Graeme Smith and Jude Vause-Walsh, returning to the FM station after several years on Century 105 & Real Radio.[1] 18 months later, the station announced drivetime presenters Hywel Evans and Jamie Atherton would move to the breakfast slot from Monday 26 September 2011 with Smith moving to Drivetime and Jude Vause-Walsh leaving the station. The station also announced the arrival of controversial TV and radio broadcaster Tim Shaw to host weekend afternoons. Shaw had previously hosted edgy late night zoo format shows on Absolute Radio and Kerrang Radio and is reputedly one of the most controversial radio presenters in the world.
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In:Demand and overnights are networked programmes airing on Bauer Place's FM stations in Northern England while the weekday late show is simulcast with Key 103 in Manchester and The Hits Radio. The Vodafone Big Top 40 is produced by Global Radio at it's Capital London studios for broadcast on over 140 commercial radio stations across the UK. [edit] Past Presenters
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