Leicester, Nottingham and Derby wake up to new FM regional in late 2002

A potential 1.6 million people could be tuning in to a brand new regional FM radio station, to be based in the East Midlands, toward the latter part of next year. The new station, to be initially licenced for a period of 8 years, will serve the major conurbations of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby as well as many other towns within the region. Among those interested in the licence are modern rock station The Storm, dance & new rock station Liquid FM, dance music station Galaxy and newcomer Kradio.

Several of the applicants have placed audio streams on their websites to give an idea of what to expect from their proposed services. These can be reached by following the links below. The licence is being advertised now by the Radio Authority and the closing date is 5th February 2002.

Related links:
The Storm website
Galaxy East Midlands website
Liquid FM website
Kradio website

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