- Central Radio (Preston)
Infobox Radio station
name = Central Radio
coverage area =Preston ,Chorley ,Leyland
branding =
slogan = You love it. We play it!
airdate = 25th September 2008
frequency = 106.5 FM
format = ACR
power = 133 watts
owner =UTV Radio
website = http://www.centralradio.fm/Central Radio is a
commercial radio station in theUnited Kingdom . The station was awarded a licence to service thePreston ,Leyland andChorley conurbation, under the working name of Proud FM on7 December ,2006 , and launched on25 September , [2008] . The use of the name Proud coming from "Proud Preston" on Preston city shield.The station changed its name to "Central Radio" in order to better reflect the entirety of the broadcast area, locally known as Central Lancashire, rather than Preston.http://www.centralradio.fm/central_namechange.pdf]
The station promises to broadcast a wide variety of popular music, particularly songs that fall under the mainstream rock genres, from the 1960s to the present day. The station is managed by Paul Jordan who presented the breakfast show on
Rock FM in the 1990s, and is owned byUTV Radio who operate neighbouring stationsRadio Wave 96.5 in Blackpool andThe Fylde ,Wish FM inWigan andSt Helens as well asWire FM inWarrington ,Widnes andRuncorn .Their transmitter is sited on Bee Lane in the Penwortham area of Preston and uses 100 watts in the vertical plane and 33 watts in the horizontal.
Central commenced test transmissions using 106.5 on
1 September ,2008 . The idea of using a separate frequency of 96.3 for Chorley and Leyland seems to have been dropped despite the reception of 106.5 in Chorley currently being quite patchy in places.Central Radio launched on Thursday 25th September at 7am. It's line up includes:
Breakfast - Mark Keen & Anna Woolhouse, Mid Mornings - Chris Buckley, Drive Time -
Kim Shaw , Evenings - Aaron Roscoe, Lates - Jon Hollingand weekend shows with Mark Blackman and former Coronation Street actor Scott Wright.
ee also
*
List of radio stations in the United Kingdom References
External links
* [http://www.centralradio.fm/ Official website]
* [http://kjs.me.uk/3rdparty/digitalspy/1065.php Predicted coverage area]
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