Time 106.8

Radio station


name=Time 106.8
airdate= March 18 1990
frequency=106.8 MHz
share = 0.7%
share as of = March 2008
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
area= Thamesmead
format =Adult Contemporary|owner = Sunrise Radio Group

106.8 Time FM is a local commercial radio station located in the south-east London area of England. It broadcasts to Greenwich, Dartford, Bexleyheath and Gravesend on 106.8 FM.

Background

The station operates out of studios on Basildon Road on the outskirts of Plumstead, sharing its premises with sister station South London Radio 107.3. [cite web|url=http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/shooters-hill.php|work=THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY|author=mb21|title=SHOOTERS HILL — Information about the transmission tower and a gallery of pictures]

Time 106.8 is owned by the Sunrise Radio Group - its current station manager is Sukhi Lit.

History

The station launched on the FM radio band as RTM Radio on 18th March 1990, having previously exclusively broadcast on the area's local cable television service, and intended to fulfil a community-style remit, with any profits generated being invested in local regeneration projects. RTM changed its name to Millennium 106.8 in 1999, having successfully amended its minority-orientated programming obligations with the Radio Authority. The station was put up for sale in June that year, and was purchased by the Milestone Group in 2000. Fusion Radio Holdings later took reigns of the station.

Millennium was rebranded as Time 106.8 at the beginning of 2003, in a move to associate the station with local town Greenwich's connection with the Meridian Line. Avtar Lit's Sunrise Radio Group purchased the station in March 2004. A later decision was taken to rebrand other stations in the group under the same banner - there are now three stations which use the Time name. [cite web|url=http://www.mediauk.com/radio/152|title=Time 106.8|work=Media UK|publisher=|author=]

Performance

The station has consistently struggled to perform in a ferociously competitive London market in terms of audience figures - its market share has steadily declined in RAJAR performance since the middle of 2005, with Time recording their worst figures since June 2002 in the RAJAR period ending December 2007. In the survey period ending March 2008, Time recorded a 3% increase in reach and the overall audience had doubled. [cite web|url=http://www.mediauk.com/radio/rajar/152/time-106.8|title=Time 106.8|work=Media UK|publisher=|author=]

Presenters

* Amy Casey - Breakfast
* Paul Ellen - Daytime
* Trevor Smith - Drivetime
* Eddie Matthews - Evenings and Weekend Daytime
* Ben Hartley - Sunday Mornings
* Nathan Cooper - Weekend Evenings
* Dan Davis - Cover Presenter
* Pete Flynn - Cover Presenter

At the Time 106.8 relaunch in March 2003, the presenter line-up read as follows:

* Mike Russell - BreakfastTIME
* Sam Gudger - DayTIME
* Richard Price - DriveTIME
* Martyn Jordan - The TIME Machine
* Sarah Kerr - LoveTIME

Other past presenters include:

* Tom Bushell
* Jenny McConnell (now with 96.4 Eagle Radio)
* Neil Andrews (now with Time 107.5)
* Dave Moses (now with 2-Ten FM)
* Gary Mulligan (now programme controller at Dream 100)
* Paul Stutch
* Dave Lockwood
* John Lucas
* Mark Fox
* John Leech (now with Time 107.5)
* Jonathan Miles (now with BBC Radio Newcastle)
* Jason Rosam (now with BBC London 94.9)
* Lee Johnson (now with sister station South London Radio 107.3).

References

External links

* [http://www.timefm.com/ Time FM Group website]
* [http://www.time1068.com/ Time 106.8 station website]