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Broadcast area | North-east Cambridgeshire, south Lincolnshire |
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Frequency | 106.8 FM |
RDS | CONNECT |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Communicorp |
History | |
First air date | 24 July 1999 |
Last air date | 1 October 2019 |
Links | |
Website | www.connectfm.com |
Connect FM Peterborough (formerly 106.8 Lite FM) was an Independent Local Radio station serving Peterborough, The Deepings, Crowland, Spalding, Yaxley, Whittlesey & Stamford on 106.8FM and online at www.connectfm.com
The station launched as Lite FM 10:00am on Saturday 24 July 1999 with a live outside broadcast in Cathedral Square. The first song played was 'So Good' by Boyzone. [1] [2] The first scheduled programme was Saturday Sport, with Neil Evans & Keith Hazelton. Lite rebranded to Connect in 2010 and moved from the city centre to the then Connect Northants territory of Kettering.
In February 2019, the station was sold to Communicorp with the station to be rebranded as Smooth East Midlands depending on Ofcom approval. Smooth took over broadcasting on 1 October 2019.
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