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Town 102 - news archive

This is an archive of news about Town 102. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Mitch Johnson visits Town
From Radio Today. Posted February 27 2008, 2.38am
Voice-over artist and former Virgin Radio presenter Mitch Johnson paid a visit to Town 102 yesterday and ended up hosting the drivetime show. (more)

Tindle promotion for Rees
From Radio Today. Posted November 1 2007, 7.43am
Tindle Radio’s David Rees has been appointed regional programme director for the South Anglia region. He’ll also join the board of directors at Town 102 and Dream 100. He will now oversee programming for Dream 107.7 in mid-Essex along with north Essex and Ipswich stations. (more)

New York Awards - UK winners
From Radio Today. Posted June 29 2007, 6.36pm
The New York Festivals Awards Gala took place yesterday evening at the Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan, hosted by Kerrang! Radio's Tim Shaw. Several UK stations and shows were nominated, and many came away with the top prize. Winners include Town 102, Totally 80s with Gary King, Girls Talk on FM107.9 and Radio City's Pete Price. (more)

Town 102 to collect ashtrays!
From Radio Today. Posted June 9 2007, 4.09pm
Tindle Radio station Town 102 will be sending their Roadrunner team out around Ipswich to collect unwanted ashtrays throughout the month of July. The "Ashtray Amnesty" will raise money for Cancer Research UK by recycling ashtrays no-longer needed once the smoking ban commences. (more)

Town 102 broadcasts to East Anglia
From Radio Today. Posted December 14 2006, 1.23pm
Earlier this week Ipswich?s own local radio station Town 102 FM committed to extending our live 24 hour local news in reaction to listener requests for extra information on the Ipswich Murders. The station did this by extending their flagship nightly news programme, Town Tonight to one hour each evening. (more)

More Ipswich news for Town 102
From Radio Today. Posted December 12 2006, 12.09am
Town 102, the new local radio station for Ipswich is boasting complete coverage of recent events by providing extra news to local residents, whilst Tindle Radio Chief Executive Kevin Stewart has blasted the BBC for not providing local programming during the unfolding of the recent horrific events. (more)

Town 102 for Ipswich Launches
From Merry Media. Posted October 19 2006, 2.30pm
The brand new local radio station for Ipswich - Town 102 - launched this morning at 7.30am and will be playing music from the sixties through to today with lots of local content.. (more)

Big switch on for Town 102
From Radio Today. Posted October 19 2006, 10.04am
The new local radio station for Ipswich, Town 102 has gone live this morning at 7:30am, with the Nick Morrell breakfast show.The station is owned by Tindle Radio and won the licence in December 2005 after fighting off competition from seven other applications, including bids from UKRD and The Radio Business. (more)