Radio Maldwyn
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Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756 was a local commercial radio
station serving Mid Wales
and the English border counties. Their transmitter site is currently based a few miles outside of Newtown, Powys.
The original Station Manager and Programme Controller was John Barnes
, the original Sales Manager was Lisa Price.
The early days of Maldwyn were marked by a "big" station sound that combined professional commercial radio with a strong community ethos.
Live programmes initially ran between 0700 - 1900, with the Supergold
service from the Chiltern Radio Network
overnight. The station increased local hours to 2100 a few months after going on air. Maldwyn was the only station outside the Chiltern-owned stations that made full use of the automation service available on Supergold to insert local news, commercials and features within network programming. Maldwyn broadcast the Network News service provided by Chiltern Radio before switching to IRN
when Network News closed.
Originally a local station formed as a community co-operative, Radio Maldwyn became a Limited Company in the late 1990s, with original shareholders having 51% of the new company and 49% owned by Murfin Music International
, owners of Sunshine 855
in Ludlow, South Shropshire and Sunshine FM in Hereford and Monmouth.
It was decided that in November 2010 the station was to close it was replaced by Radio Hafren
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 serving Mid Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and the English border counties. Their transmitter site is currently based a few miles outside of Newtown, Powys.
History
The station began broadcasting at 07.56 am on Thursday, 1st July 1993.The original Station Manager and Programme Controller was John Barnes
John Barnes (English broadcaster)
John Barnes is a radio broadcaster and journalist for the BBC.He was born in Dudley, England in 1961.He began his career as a freelance broadcaster at BRMB in Birmingham and then moved to the highly regarded experimental BBC service WM Heartlands in East Birmingham between 1989 and 1991.Barnes was...
, the original Sales Manager was Lisa Price.
The early days of Maldwyn were marked by a "big" station sound that combined professional commercial radio with a strong community ethos.
Live programmes initially ran between 0700 - 1900, with the Supergold
Supergold
Supergold was a oldies radio sustaining service operated by Chiltern Radio Group in the United Kingdom.-History:The Supergold service was launched at 10am on Sunday 24 June 1990, following requests from the Radio Authority for radio stations to split frequencies into separate AM and FM services or...
service from the Chiltern Radio Network
Chiltern Radio Network
The Chiltern Radio Network was the parent group of several radio stations which operated two radio brands in the UK in the 1990's.-Branding:The two main brands were:...
overnight. The station increased local hours to 2100 a few months after going on air. Maldwyn was the only station outside the Chiltern-owned stations that made full use of the automation service available on Supergold to insert local news, commercials and features within network programming. Maldwyn broadcast the Network News service provided by Chiltern Radio before switching to IRN
Independent Radio News
Independent Radio News provides a service of news bulletins, audio and copy to commercial radio stations in the UK and beyond.The managing director of IRN is Tim Molloy, who succeeded long-term MD John Perkins in November 2009...
when Network News closed.
Originally a local station formed as a community co-operative, Radio Maldwyn became a Limited Company in the late 1990s, with original shareholders having 51% of the new company and 49% owned by Murfin Music International
Murfin Music International
Murfin Music International and Murfin Media are companies run by Muff Murfin, and are based at The Old Smithy Studios in Kempsey, Worcestershire, England....
, owners of Sunshine 855
Sunshine 855
Sunshine Radio is a local radio station, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. The station serves South Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire-History:...
in Ludlow, South Shropshire and Sunshine FM in Hereford and Monmouth.
It was decided that in November 2010 the station was to close it was replaced by Radio Hafren
Presenters
- Adrian Lawley (Breakfast)
- Julian Saunders (Midday Show - Formerly at Sunshine 855, Beacon Radio, Star Radio 107.5, Rutland Radio, also Fosseway Radio and 107.9 Oak FM in Hinckley, Leicestershire) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man
- Simon Doe (Drivetime - ex Sunshine 855Sunshine 855Sunshine Radio is a local radio station, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. The station serves South Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire-History:...
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, Mix 96, Eleven Seventy - Brian Cullen (ex Radio City 194, Marcher Sound, Marcher Gold, 106.7 KCR)
- Dan Morris (Sundays from 12-4pm) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man
- Austin Powell (ex Beacon Radio, Manx RadioManx RadioManx Radio is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man.The station began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom. The Isle of Man, having its own government and laws, was not subject to the rules prohibiting...
and Sunshine 855 - also Station MD) - Now at Energy FM, Isle Of Man
- Mike Baker (ex Beacon Radio 303, WABC Wolverhampton, Chiltern RadioChiltern RadioHeart Dunstable was an Independent Local Radio station based in Chiltern Road in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.-History:...
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Holland, Radio Kaleidoscope) - Paul Kay (Track 756 - The Album Download)
- Leon Tippler (World Of Music - ex Radio City 299, Radio 270Radio 270Radio 270 was a pirate radio station serving Yorkshire and the North East of England from 1966 to 1967. It broadcast from a converted Dutch lugger called Oceaan 7 positioned in international waters off Scarborough, North Yorkshire.-Origins :...
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299, Sunshine 855) - Gordon Davies (Country Music show)
- Tony Wickham (World of Jazz - ex Severn SoundSevern SoundHeart Gloucestershire is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts to Gloucestershire, England. The station now has just two programmes a day broadcasting live from Gloucestershire with the majority of its output being the same as most other stations in the Heart network, owned by Global...
) - Chris Lewis (Interference)
- Gary King (Totally 80's - Syndicated Show)
Former presenters
- Lee Thompson
- Adrian Bodenham
- John BarnesJohn Barnes (English broadcaster)John Barnes is a radio broadcaster and journalist for the BBC.He was born in Dudley, England in 1961.He began his career as a freelance broadcaster at BRMB in Birmingham and then moved to the highly regarded experimental BBC service WM Heartlands in East Birmingham between 1989 and 1991.Barnes was...
(Now at BBC Radio LancashireBBC Radio LancashireBBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Lancashire, in North West England. It began as BBC Radio Blackburn on 26 January 1971 on 96.4FM, then adding 854 kHz AM in 1972 and changing to its current name on 4 July 1981...
) - Martin Adams
- Tony Paul (Now on Radio CarolineRadio CarolineRadio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
breakfast show Monday to Friday 7am to 9am UK time from Los Angeles) - Mark Williams
- Keith Middleton (now at BBC Local RadioBBC Local RadioBBC Local Radio is the BBC's regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. They cover a variety of areas with some serving a city and surrounding areas, for example BBC Radio Manchester; a county, for example BBC Radio Norfolk; an administrative region for...
in the Midlands) - Jonathan Breeze (now at Radio City 96.7)
- Ashley Owen
- Alan Gooden
- Emily Sandeman
- Chris Corfield
- Simeon D. Berends (Saturday Night Pre-Party & newsreader)
- Kevin Brown (Brown at Breakfast)
- Steve Marriott
- JJ (Now at 96.4 The Wave)
- Mark Edwards (Now at Sunshine Radio 106.2 Hereford and Monmouth)
- Nick Jones (Now at Sunshine 855)
- John Buckley
- Mike Rumsby (Wednesday Night Rock Show)
- Jason Lafave w/Josh Lafave/Owen Stimpson/SLUG (Nu Metal Fusion)
- Trevor French (Now at 101.8 WCR in Wolverhampton)
- Graham Oldham (ex Sunshine 102.2 Luxembourg, Radio W.A.K.Y. 107 Luxembourg)
- Mick Bates - Farming Programme, 1994