Channel 103

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Channel 103
Channel 103 logo.png
Broadcast area Jersey
Frequency FM: 103.7 MHz (Jersey)
DAB: 12A (Channel Islands)
RDS CHNL 103
Programming
Language(s)English
Format CHR/Pop
Network Hits Radio Network (for sales purposes)
Ownership
Owner Tindle Radio
Island FM
Soleil Radio
Midlands 103
History
First air date
25 October 1992;31 years ago (1992-10-25) (32 years ago)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 Ofcom
Power 4kW
Links
Webcast Radioplayer
Website Channel 103

Channel 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the island of Jersey on 103.7 FM and DAB+ digital radio.

Contents

The station launched on 25 October 1992. Channel 103 is part of Tindle Radio, which also owns Island FM in Guernsey and Midlands 103 in Ireland. [1]

According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 47,000 and a 26.1% market share as of September 2023 - the highest of any local radio station in the British Isles. [2]

In late 2020, Channel 103 became a part of Bauer's Hits Radio Network for commercial sales. [3] It remains owned by Tindle with no shared programming.

Programming

Channel 103's core audience is the 25-44 age group, [4] playing contemporary hits - predominantly from the early 1990s to the present day.

News bulletins are presented locally from 6:30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday.

The station's weekend news service broadcasts local content, presented either from Jersey or Guernsey from 8am until noon. Sky News provides the service outside these times. [5]

Transmission

From its launch in 1992 until 16 March 2021, Channel 103 broadcast from studios on Tunnell Street in St Helier.

Channel 103's former Tunnell Street studios Channel 103 studios Tunnell Street.jpg
Channel 103's former Tunnell Street studios

In 2021, the station vacated its original building and moved to a new studio complex in Britannia Place, St Helier. [6] It continues to transmit on FM from the Arqiva mast at Frémont Point, on the north coast of the island.

Channel 103's Fremont Point FM transmitter Fremont point tower, Jersey.jpg
Channel 103's Frémont Point FM transmitter

Channel 103 began digital radio transmissions, alongside those of Island FM, on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the local Ofcom-licensed DAB multiplex for the Channel Islands. This service is radiated from transmitters at Les Platons (Jersey) and Les Touillets (Guernsey) at launch, with a transmitter on Alderney to be added later in the summer.

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References

  1. ↑ "Radio in the Channel Islands". Tindle Radio. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "RAJAR Q1 2020: Regional and local radio facts and figures". RadioToday. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bauer Partner Stations". Bauer Media. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ofcom | Analogue Radio Stations". static.ofcom.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Public File". Channel 103. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Tindle Radio". Tindle Radio. Retrieved 24 May 2021.


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