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| name= Kiss 101 |
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| airdate= [[September 6]] [[2006]] |
| airdate= [[September 6]] [[2006]] |
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| frequency= 101.0 [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[megahertz|MHz]]<br />97.2 [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[megahertz|MHz]] <br />[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB Digital Radio]] ([[South Wales]], [[Severn Estuary]]) |
| frequency= 101.0 [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[megahertz|MHz]]<br />97.2 [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[megahertz|MHz]] <br />[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB Digital Radio]] ([[South Wales]], [[Severn Estuary]]) |
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Revision as of 08:35, 11 September 2006
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| Broadcast area | South Wales & Severn Estuary |
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| Frequency | 101.0 FM MHz 97.2 FM MHz DAB Digital Radio (South Wales, Severn Estuary) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Dance / Urban |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | EMAP |
| History | |
First air date | September 6 2006 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.TotalKiss.com |
Kiss 101 West is a radio station in South West England playing dance music and R'n'B. It traces its roots to a pirate radio station called For The People. Soon after the station secured a legal licence to broadcast, it was acquired by the Chiltern Radio Group and was renamed Galaxy 97.2.
On September 4, 1994, the group won the UK's first regional licence and Bristol's Galaxy 97.2 became Galaxy 101 broadcasting across an area stretching from Cardiff in Wales through Bristol and south into Somerset from the Mendip transmitter near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills, just north of the city of Wells.
In October 1995, the station became part of Chrysalis plc, who invested £1 million in Galaxy 101. The Galaxy brand was rolled out across England when Chryalis bought the Faze FM stations in North of England, which were broadcasting as Kiss 102 and Kiss 105, and rebranded them as Galaxy 102 and Galaxy 105.
Two opportunities to expand further came in 1998 when new licences were advertised by the Radio Authority, and Choice FM in Birmingham was put up for sale. In October 1998 Chrysalis won the North East licence after fierce competition and acquired Choice FM in Birmingham for £6m. Choice was rebranded to Galaxy on the 1st January 1999 and on 1st June 1999 Galaxy 105-106 in the North East was born.
Galaxy 101 was sold to GWR Group and Scottish Radio Holdings in 2002 and rebranded Vibe 101, but this purchase was subsequently vetoed by the Competition Commission over concerns regarding control of the Bristol radio advertising market. The Commission ordered GWR to sell their stake, which was bought by Scottish Radio Holdings later that year. In July 2005, Scottish Radio Holdings was in turn taken over by the Emap group, owners of the Kiss brand that Galaxy 102 and 105 formerly broadcast as.
Vibe 101 (broadcasting as Vibe FM) has been relaunched as Kiss 101 West on 6th September 2006 as Emap integrates the stations of the former SRH into its own portfolio. Kiss 101 was rebranded on September 6th 2006, along with the simultaneous rebranding of sister station Vibe 105-108 and a relaunch of Kiss 100. All three new Kiss stations started to carry the new Kiss logo, and the core music genre was changed to focus more on Dance. Both Kiss 105-108 and Kiss 101 retained many shows presented by the DJs who previously presented under the Vibe brand, but now offer shows that are presented by one DJ across all 3 stations at the same time.
Emap gained clearance from the UK communications regulator Ofcom to network programming between Kiss 101 West, Kiss 105-108 and Kiss 100. Emap have also pledged to significantly increase the amount of specialist programming on the former Vibe stations, with the minumum weekly amount of specialist output stated on the (former) Vibe licences more than doubling from 16 to 36 hours.
Daytimes on Kiss 101 West are networked between breakfast and drivetime, which are believed to be the only shows remaining locally produced in Bristol. Matt Rogers & Caroline Cook move to breakfast with AJ from Galaxy fronting the new drive show. Networking will be Nikki Elise, previously of Vibe 105-108 will be presenting afternoons from Kiss 105-108 in Bury St Edmunds, with James Merritt doing late mornings from London. Evenings will be networked with Wec between 7-9pm.
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