Tameside Radio

Tameside Community Radio
Broadcast area	Tameside
Frequency	103.6 MHz
First air date	30 September 2007
Format	Adult contemporary, eclectic
Transmitter coordinates	53°27′50″N 2°01′35″W / 53.4640°N 2.0264°WCoordinates: 53°27′50″N 2°01′35″W / 53.4640°N 2.0264°W
Owner	Tameside Community Radio Ltd. New Charter Housing Trust
Website	Tameside Radio

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Tameside Radio is a radio station across Tameside in the eastern area of Greater Manchester. It is broadcast on 103.6 FM across Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hyde, Denton, Audenshaw, Longdendale, Droylsden, Stalybridge, Mossley, surrounding areas, and online. It is broadcast from 'The Mighty Tower of Power' on Harrop Edge in Mottram. Tameside Radio is a volunteer-based station with around 210 people volunteering.

[edit] 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 60 active volunteers and 40 people are in training as contributors.

[edit] Content

There is a wide variety of content on Tameside Radio and the music played is mainly from the 60s - present 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 presenters are Wayne Kay (Breakfast Show), Steve Crumley (Tameside Today) and Andy Hoyle (the Big Drive Home). News is provided regularly by the inimitable David Peek.

Local sport, particularly non league football, features on a Saturday afternoon show presented by Adrian Trudgeon from 2pm-6pm. Mike Pavasovic presents 'Pavs Patch' a sports preview every Friday during the football season 6pm-7pm.

Tameside Radio have a number of specialist shows including: The Matinée Show presented by James Dean & Madame Aries featuring Clare Curtis. Previous members include Nathan Head, John Mercer and Seb Lassandro with regular appearances from Scott Bruton, Sue Jenkins and Nicki French. The Matinée Show broadcasts on Sunday afternoons and focusses on Theatre shows and musicals with regular updates from their Broadway correspondent Suko Sullivan.^[1] It is rumoured to be having a rebrand in the new year.

Also, Wednesday Biscuits with Danny Sutcliffe, Weekend Wireless with Gareth and Fraser Cottrell, Unsigned Show with Dennis Matthews, Swing and Big Band with Jack Barclay, Danny Power - Oldies, Steve Hanbury - Northern Soul, Mark Andrews - The All Hit Jukebox (featuring Producer Dan on Saturday & Sarah Hall on Sunday), DJ Simi - House, Chris Frater and Steve Robinson - Dance, Mike Wallbank - The Show that Time Forgot, Pastor Ayi Samson Ake - Love your Neighbour, John Sullivan - Mainly Brass, Liam Lister - Rock Rampage