Minster FM
Encyclopedia
Minster FM is an independent commercial local (ILR) radio
station based in Dunnington near York
, Yorkshire
, England
and covering the city of York and surrounding areas
The station broadcasts on 104.7 FM from Acklam Wold transmitter, near Leavening, on the Yorkshire Wolds
and used to cover an area further west using a signal on 102.3 FM from Calvert's Carpets in Thirsk
. Station owners The Local Radio Company
have since secured a sister station Minster Northallerton
which has since been merged with other services to form Star Radio
, and the latter now uses the 102.3 site and signal.
Minster FM has been broadcasting since 4 July 1992, exactly nine years to the date after BBC Radio York
started broadcasting and at launch the station had a live, locally presented schedule 24 hours a day and continued until the launch of Yorkshire Coast Radio
in November 1993 when programmes between 10pm and 6am were broadcast on both stations. Unusually for the time, in the early years, local news was not made in-house. It was produced by Yorkshire Television
's newsroom. News is now produced by the station's news team, or (for network or late night broadcasts, excluding the drivetime show) Independent Radio News (IRN) or the SKY News Centre, both based in London, who provide an hourly two / three-minute news broadcast to 46 UK commercial radio stations.
Minster FM (8.8%) have a higher audience share than BBC Radio York (7.60%),as of March 2011
Saturday Schedule:
Sunday Schedule:
Between the hours of 0000 and 0600 every morning, broadcasting is automated and plays a wide selection of music. There is no presenter during this time.
under 1 million awards, But the award was presented to Lincs FM 102.2 in Lincolnshire
.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
station based in Dunnington near York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
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and covering the city of York and surrounding areas
The station broadcasts on 104.7 FM from Acklam Wold transmitter, near Leavening, on the Yorkshire Wolds
Yorkshire Wolds
The Yorkshire Wolds are low hills in the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in northeastern England. The name also applies to the district in which the hills lie....
and used to cover an area further west using a signal on 102.3 FM from Calvert's Carpets in Thirsk
Thirsk
Thirsk is a small market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The local travel links are located a mile from the town centre to Thirsk railway station and to Durham Tees Valley Airport...
. Station owners The Local Radio Company
The Local Radio Company
The Local Radio Company is a British media company, originally based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, that owns ten independent local radio stations in the UK...
have since secured a sister station Minster Northallerton
Minster Northallerton
Minster Northallerton was an Independent Local Radio station based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England.-History:Prior to launch, Minster Northallerton was originally known as BTN FM, after the principal towns of the area - Bedale, Thirsk and Northallerton...
which has since been merged with other services to form Star Radio
Star Radio North East
Star Radio North East is a radio station serving County Durham and North Yorkshire.-History:...
, and the latter now uses the 102.3 site and signal.
Minster FM has been broadcasting since 4 July 1992, exactly nine years to the date after BBC Radio York
BBC Radio York
BBC York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire.- Early history :The station was launched at 6:30am on 4 July 1983 - a launch featured on the cover of the Radio Times...
started broadcasting and at launch the station had a live, locally presented schedule 24 hours a day and continued until the launch of Yorkshire Coast Radio
Yorkshire Coast Radio
Yorkshire Coast Radio is an Independent Local Radio station based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. YCR is officially two Ofcom licenses, one for Scarborough and Whitby in North Yorkshire and one for Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire.-History:For many years several...
in November 1993 when programmes between 10pm and 6am were broadcast on both stations. Unusually for the time, in the early years, local news was not made in-house. It was produced by Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
's newsroom. News is now produced by the station's news team, or (for network or late night broadcasts, excluding the drivetime show) Independent Radio News (IRN) or the SKY News Centre, both based in London, who provide an hourly two / three-minute news broadcast to 46 UK commercial radio stations.
Minster FM (8.8%) have a higher audience share than BBC Radio York (7.60%),as of March 2011
Presenters
- Chris Marsden
- Alex Brown
- David Green
- Wes Stakes
- Victoria Charles
- Simon Hudson
- John Hodgson
- Elisa Hilton
- James "Watty" Watt
- Paul Spence
- John Harding
- Russ Leighton
- Greg ScottGreg ScottGreg "Greggles" Scott is an English television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter on the late night interactive ITV1 gameshow Quizmania.-Early life and career:...
Schedule
Weekday Schedule:- Chris Marsden - Marsden in the Morning
- Alex Brown Through Your Workday, Weekdays 10:00 -14:00
- David Green in the Afternoon, Weekdays 14:00 -16:00
- DG Gets You Home , Weekdays 16:00 -19:00
- Wes In the Evening 19:00 -22:00
- Full Leeds United Commentary (Match days) 19:00 -22:00
- The Wind-down Zone - Victoria Charles 22:00 -00:00
Saturday Schedule:
- Greg Scott - 06:00-10:00
- Watty At the Weekend - 1000-1400
- The Match Day Programme 14:00-16:00
- Saturday Night Hit Mix - Chris Marsden 18:00-20:00
- Minster FM Through The Night - 2200-0000
Sunday Schedule:
- Greg Scott - 0600-10:00
- John Harding - 1000-1200
- The Lunchtime Gameshow with John Harding, Russ Leighton and Geoffery - 1200-1400
- Simon Hudson - 1400-1600
- John Hodgson - 1600-1900
- Alex Brown - 1900-2200
- The Wind-down Zone - Victoria Charles 22:00 -00:00
Between the hours of 0000 and 0600 every morning, broadcasting is automated and plays a wide selection of music. There is no presenter during this time.
Awards
Minster FM Was Recently one of three stations to be nominated for The ArqivaArqiva
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under 1 million awards, But the award was presented to Lincs FM 102.2 in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
.