Kiss 105-108
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Broadcast area | East Anglia |
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Frequency | 105.6 FM MHz (Cambridge) 106.4 FM MHz (North Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk & Cambridgeshire) 106.1 FM MHz (Mid & East Norfolk/North Suffolk) 107.7 FM MHz (Peterborough) DAB Digital Radio (Cambridge, Norwich & Peterborough) |
Programming | |
Format | Dance / Urban |
Ownership | |
Owner | EMAP |
History | |
First air date | September 6 2006 |
Links | |
Website | www.TotalKiss.com |
Kiss 105-108 East is a radio radio station based in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, broadcasting dance music and R'n'B to the East of England. Kiss 105-108 East was previously known as Vibe 105-108 from launch until 6 September 2006, when it was officially relaunched as part of the Kiss network alongside sister station Vibe 101 (which became Kiss 101 West on the same date).
Frequencies
FM
The station broadcasts on 106.4 FM MHz (Mendlesham 20 kW and the strongest signal by far which can be heard in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire), 106.1 FM MHz (Stoke Holy Cross, near Norwich), 105.6 FM MHz (Madingley, near Cambridge), and 107.7 FM MHz (Gunthorpe; a district of Peterborough). Note: North & West Norfolk are not officially served by the station, although a signal from the Mendlesham transmitter can be received in this area.
DAB
Kiss 105-108 East currently broadcasts in DAB format to Cambridge, Norwich and Peterborough.
In a move put in place by previous owners Scottish Radio Holdings, the station was previously broadcast on DAB Digital radio in various urban areas in (Scotland). Kiss 100 took the place of Vibe after SRH were bought by emap, owners of the Kiss brand.
Internet
The station is streamed in the Windows Media format at Total Kiss
History
The station was founded by the Essex Radio Group, who at the time also owned many local radio stations including Essex FM.
In 2000, the Group was purchased by the GWR Group, (now known as GCap Media following its merger with Capital Radio Group plc in May 2005). At this point in time the GWR group also aquired Galaxy 101 (Renamed to Vibe 101) from the Crysalis media group, using the Vibe brand to create a largely unsuccessful dance network.
Scottish Radio Holdings took both stations over in 2003, with GWR retaining the most profitable shows, including Vibe Nation and the Non stop vibe tagline.
In 2005 the EMAP group aquired SRH.
The station was rebranded as Kiss 105-108 on September 6th 2006, along with a simultaneous rebranding of sister station Vibe 101 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.
Audience Figures
Vibe FM enjoyed respectable and stable audience figures in recent years, with the RAJAR results for Q4 2005 showing that the station reached in excess of 300,000 listeners every week. These same results also show that each week, Vibe FM's listeners tuned in for almost 8 hours on average. It is not currently known how the rebranding has affected listener numbers.
External links
- Official web site
- Media UK
- DontStopVibe.co.uk - Fan Site
- History of local radio in Suffolk.
- Gunthorpe transmitter
- Madingley transmitter
- Mendlesham transmitter
- Stoke Holy Cross transmitter.
- Vibe 105-108 becomes Kiss 105-108