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Dearne FM - news archive

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

Ridings FM moves to Barnsley
From Radio Today. Posted April 11 2008, 12.47pm
Wakefield's local radio station Ridings FM is on the move to co-locate with Dearne FM in Barnsley. Permission has been granted by Ofcom, even though the station is above the 250,000 population guideline as set out in the regulators consultation statement on co-location agreements. (more)

Lincs creates Yorkshire deal
From Radio Today. Posted April 8 2008, 8.15am
The Lincs FM Group have launched a new regional sales division, representing Dearne FM, Ridings FM, Rother FM and Trax FM, to be known as the Yorkshire Radio Network. (more)

Top award for Dearne FM journo
From Radio Today. Posted March 12 2008, 7.55am
A Dearne FM journalist has picked up an award for his recent documentary on dyslexia, beating off stiff competition from fellow undergraduates and postgraduates. (more)

New high for Dearne FM
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 11.28am
Barnsley's Dearne FM is celebrating its highest ever total reach in the Q4/07 RAJAR figures. It now has 73,000 listeners per week - the most since the station's launch almost 5 years ago. Elsewhere around the Lincs FM group there were steady increases in hours across most of the areas covered. (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)