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Peak FM - news archive

This is an archive of news about Peak FM. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Charity calendar for Peak FM
From Radio Today. Posted November 23 2007, 12.36am
North Derbyshire's UTV station Peak FM has unveiled its annual charity calendar. The 2008 edition features amateur models, as seen in our picture, who were nominated by themselves, friends and family following a request by the station for potential ‘Miss July’s’ and ‘Mr March’s’. (more)

Listeners snap into action
From Radio Today. Posted July 5 2007, 8.35am
Peak FM enjoyed a massive increase in web traffic this week thanks to the recent floods in the area. Listeners took the opportunity to send pictures of local flooding to the UTV station, which were displayed online. More than 30,000 local people logged on to view the pictures. (more)

Peak FM joins UTV syndication
From Radio Today. Posted June 14 2007, 10.02am
Ofcom has granted permission to UTV Radio-owned The Pulse in Bradford and Peak FM in North Derbyshire to fully join the northern network of syndicated programmes which are already broadcast across other UTV stations. The Pulse already takes the syndicated output till 1am weekdays. (more)

Peak FM host releases song
From Radio Today. Posted February 20 2007, 12.58pm
UTV Radio station Peak FM is teaming up with Chesterfield group Ovacast to release a single for a helpline that benefits thousands of women each year. Breakfast co-host Becky Measures is featured on the song, which will be available for download from Monday. (more)

Ofcom explains Rotherham award
From Radio Today. Posted May 19 2006, 1.45pm
It was a battle between three companies, all of which operate a network of local radio stations in the North of England. UTV proposed Rotherham Radio, with support from neighbouring Peak FM in Chesterfield and The Pulse in Bradford. TLRC have Stray FM in Harrogate and Minster FM in York and applied for the Rotherham licence as Renaissance FM, and the application from the Lincs FM Group had the backing of Dearne FM in Barnsley and Trax FM next door in Doncaster. In the end it was the support of Lincs FM Group stations which helped Rother FM win the licence for Rotherham, as Ofcom have explained today. No more than 12 hours a week of network programming will be broadcast, and Ofcom explained that the locally based group will bring considerable experience of operating successful smaller stations in similar-sized markets adjacent to Rotherham. They also recognised the realism of the group’s financial projections, the radio experience of its board and the clear recognition that the Rotherham licence would present a different challenge to other nearby markets. (more)