River FM

River FM

Infobox Radio Station
name = River FM


city =
area = West Lothian
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1 September 2003
frequency = 103.4. MHz, 107.7 MHz
format = Contemporary
power =
erp =
class =
callsign_meaning =
owner = Kingdom Radio Group
website = [http://www.riverfm.co.uk/content/home.php www.riverfm.co.uk]

River FM was a radio station serving West Lothian, Scotland. The radio station was based at Livingston FC's stadium on the outskirts of the the town. It played a range of hit music and older classics. Despite the limited area officially covered, it could sometimes be picked up as far away as Kilmarnock, Dundee and Stirling .

Presenters

Some of the many past presenters are: Dave Ross, Vicky Pichters, Rod Johnston, Donny Hughes, Gus Bain and Dave McIntosh, John Burns, Ryan Morrison, Scott Laing, Alex Boyd, Charlie Mac, Elanie Notman, Keith Crombie, Paul Scott, Steve Hamilton, Jana Ramos to name a few.

The lineup immediately prior to closure consisted of James Russell, Barry Snedden, Paul Scott, Colin Young,Rod Johnston, Grant Thomson, Keith Crombie, Colin Jackson, Gordon Hunter & Daimen Richards. Hit40UK could also be heard Sunday Afternooons from 4pm.

Kevin Brady is the Managing Director of Kingdom Radio Group and Barry Snedden was the last Programme Controller of River FM.

Attempted sale by Kingdom Group and subsequent closure

In December 2006 the station went up for sale. The station is believed to have been unprofitable, and Kingdom Group's decision raised a big question over the station's future, and even its existence.Fact|date=April 2007

On Monday 29th January, at 15:00 GMT, River FM went into automation, with live programming going out as normal up until this point. At 18:00 on the same day, River FM fell silent, the deadline Kingdom Group had set for a buyer being identified or the station being shut down. On Monday 29th January Kingdom FM had No Offers from any other radio organisation and Shut Down at 6.00pm with the last song being Nelly Furtado " All things come to an end ". The radio presenters and staff did not know about the shutdown of the company until 5.00pm that same day just one hour before the station shut down. kingdom FM then handed back the radio license to regulator Ofcom who will give the license back to West Lothian and Edinburgh for a local station only covering only Edinburgh and the Lothians.


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