V2 Radio
 | This article, V2 Radio, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| This article, V2 Radio, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| Broadcast area | Sussex and South Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Frequency | DAB: 10B Sussex and 11C South Hampshire |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | VeeToo Trade |
| History | |
First air date | Monday 18th January 2021 |
| Links | |
| Website | V2 Radio |
V2 Radio is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by VeeToo Trade It broadcasts to West Sussex and South Hampshire
History
After Bauer Media announced that the Spirit FM "will be rebranded as "Greatest Hits Radio", offering classic hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s"[1] a group of presenters from Spirit FM grouped together with VeeToo trade to form V2 Radio.[2][3]
The station started test transmissions in December 2020 [4] before it's official launch on 18th January 2021 [5]
Programming
V2 Radio broadcasts locally from it's studios in West Sussex, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, it recently expanded it's DAB coverage to also broadcast to South Hampshire[6] following the rebranding of Wave 105 to Greatest Hits Radio[7][8]
Highlights include the breakfast show with Tanya McCarthy from 6am to 10am and Drive Time with Ian Crouch from 3pm to 7pm.[9]
  | This article about a radio station in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
References
- ^ . Sussex World https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/consumer/spirit-fm-to-undergo-re-brand-following-buyout-2866181.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Chichester Bid https://chichesterbid.co.uk/back-in-business/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Visit Arundel https://www.visitarundel.co.uk/a-new-radio-station-is-set-to-hit-airwaves-in-sussex-next-week/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Radio Today https://www.radiotoday.uk/2020/12/v2-radio-launches-test-transmissions-in-west-sussex/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Sussex Express https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/v2-radio-celebrates-a-year-of-proper-local-radio-in-west-sussex-3542769.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Hampshire Chronicle https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24239252.v2-radio-expands-sussex-coverage-include-hampshire/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Portsmouth News https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/anger-as-wave-105-radio-station-is-taken-over-by-greatest-hits-radio-4537080.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . Response Resource https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/pirate-fm-and-wave-105-to-rebrand/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ . V2 Radio https://www.v2radio.co.uk/on-air/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)