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

Blackburn covers Hull breakfast
From Radio Today. Posted February 20 2008, 8.09am
Tony Blackburn is spending a week in Hull and east Yorkshire, covering the Steve Jordan breakfast show on KCFM 99.8 all next week. (more)

BCfm 93.2 Broadcast to 20 Million People
From Merry Media. Posted February 6 2008, 10.54am
Israa Zinalabdin and her radio team from the Sudan National Radio station broadcast live to the Sudan from Bristol community radio station BCfm 93.2fm - to millions of people. BCfm presenters Mohammed El Sharif and Mohammed Makawi present the Sudanese show on Saturdays from 4pm until 7pm and were part of a special show on Thursday 31st January at 7pm. The show was simulcast to the Sudan which would normally have around 20 million people tuning in. . (more)

GCap rejects Global Radio approach
From Financial Times. Posted January 7 2008, 8.17am
GCap shares soared more than 40% after the owner of ClassicFM and Capital said the offer, made while it was in the process of selecting a new chief executive, 'significantly undervalued' the group (more)

Tony Blackburn joins KCFM
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2007, 12.57pm
All-round radio legend Tony Blackburn has joined Hull and East Yorkshire station KCFM 99.8 to host a weekly show each Friday. (more)

Classic FM launch new services
From Radio Today. Posted December 12 2007, 9.44am
Classic FM is launching six new online radio streams of the station and a new online television channel. All seven of the services will be available online alongside the original Classic FM channel from January 7th at MyClassicFM.co.uk (more)

Emap Radio worth 422million
From Radio Today. Posted December 7 2007, 8.25am
Emap's 38 radio stations, including Magic 105.4, CFM, Radio City and Wave 105 have been sold to Bauer for a total of £422m in cash. The amount represents otional interest on the base purchase price at a rate of 10% per annum in the period from 30 September 2007 to completion. (more)

Emap Radio sold for £422m
From Radio Today. Posted December 7 2007, 8.25am
Emap's 38 radio stations, including Magic 105.4, CFM, Radio City and Wave 105 have been sold to Bauer for a total of £422m in cash. The amount represents otional interest on the base purchase price at a rate of 10% per annum in the period from 30 September 2007 to completion. (more)

KCFM 99.8 lights up the sky
From Radio Today. Posted October 11 2007, 12.58pm
Hull's new radio station KCFM is lighting up a local building in an attempt to gain new listeners. The Hull Royal Infirmary agreed for the station to put its name and familiar song titles on the tall building, which overlooks a temporary fun fair. (more)

KCFM signs with First Radio
From Radio Today. Posted August 24 2007, 8.24am
Hull's new radio station KCFM has appointed First Radio Sales as its national sales representation company. The station launched at the beginning of August to a potential audience of 420,000 people in Hull and East Yorkshire. (more)

KCFM goes live in Hull
From Radio Today. Posted August 1 2007, 6.10am
KCFM 99.8 has started broadcasting this morning in Hull. Breakfast presenter and local lad Steve Jordan launched KCFM 99.8 at 6am with an interview between PC Tim Jibson and Chairman Ian Blakey followed by Twist and Shout by The Beatles. The station, serving Hull and East Yorkshire, promises to be a local station for local people with 24 hour news, music and sport. (more)

BBC banned from rugby club
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2007, 3.48pm
Super League rugby club Hull FC have banned BBC Radio Humberside from talking to their players and coaching staff, after what the club calls a "series of negative and factually incorrect reports". The club also says that it is in talks with Hull's soon-to-launch new commercial radio station, KCFM, regarding a deal to cover the team. (more)

New Bristol station launches
From Radio Today. Posted March 26 2007, 1.31pm
A new community radio station has launched in Bristol today. BCFM started broadcasting at 12 midday on 93.2, aiming to serve all parts of the community including several programmes in different languages to truely serve all aspects of local life. The station is also streaming online. (more)

ECFM Delighted with Licence Award
From Merry Media. Posted March 14 2007, 2.08pm
A ground-breaking new radio station will hit the airwaves of Exeter in early 2008 after Ofcom issued more community radio stations with licenses.. (more)

New Managing Director of Radio Forth
From Merry Media. Posted December 22 2006, 2.50pm
The new Managing Director of Radio Forth will be Cathy Kirk - the current Managing Director of CFM in Carlisle. She will take up the job at the Emap station in the new year.. (more)

CFM boss heads to Radio Forth
From Radio Today. Posted December 22 2006, 9.52am
Cathy Kirk, Managing Director of CFM will swap jobs within Emap next year to become the new boss at Radio Forth in Edinburgh - the station where she started her radio career in 1986.Cathy has been at the station for over six years. (more)

Ofcom explains UTV licence win
From Radio Today. Posted December 17 2006, 1.52pm
Ofcom has revealed why the Radio Licencing Committee awarded UTV the licence to provide a new local radio service for Preston, Leyland and Chorley. Proud FM won the licence over stiff competition from CLR, PLCfm and UFM. (more)

Four apply for Preston licence
From Radio Today. Posted September 8 2006, 11.15am
Four groups have applied to Ofcom to run the new commercial radio station for Preston, Leyland and Chorley. They are Central Lancashire Radio, plcfm, Proud FM and UFM. All applicants propose a local service broadcasting local news and familar music from the last 5 decades. Two of the applicants have operated RSL broadcasts in the area, Central Lancashire Radio (in the Chorley area) and plcfm (formerlly known known as Ribble FM in Preston). (more)

Ofcom publishes Hull explanation
From Radio Today. Posted July 17 2006, 12.45pm
Ofcom has today published its key determining factors for the award of the FM radio licence for Kingston-upon-Hull to KCFM99.9. (more)

Local group KCFM win Hull licence
From Radio Today. Posted July 6 2006, 5.30pm
Local radio group KCFM have won the battle for the new FM commercial radio station for Kingston-upon-Hull. Ofcom received seven applications in total including submissions from UTV Radio, TLRC, Lincs FM and CanWest. The owners of KCFM 99.9 are SMC Ltd (29%) with the reminder of the shares held by six individuals. It will provide 'a truly local, full service radio station for Kingston-upon-Hull playing a wide variety of classic hit music from the last four decades, with 24 hour-a-day local news, sport, information, interviews and entertaining features of particular relevance to the City and the surrounding area'. (more)

John Myers returns to CFM
From Radio Today. Posted April 9 2006, 5.15am
EXCLUSIVE: John Myers, now Chief Executive of GMG Radio Group will return for one night only to the radio station he launched in 1993. To help celebrate the 13th anniversary of Carlisle-based CFM on April the 14th, the Friday Night Phone-In will return hosted by Myers, who was also Managing Director of parent company Border Radio Holdings. (more)

VOA coverage of State of the Union Address and Democratic Response
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 31 2006, 4.42pm
The Voice of America will offer extensive live multimedia coverage of President Bush's State of the Union address in several languages, followed by the Democratic Party response. Reports will be broadcast on radio, television, and the Internet. All coverage begins at 0200 UTC on 1 February. Check www.VOANews.com/affiliates/satellite_schedules.cfm for satellite information. Wednesday’s Talk to (more)