More Radio Hastings

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More Radio Hastings
Broadcast area Hastings & Bexhill
Frequency 107.8 MHz
Programming
Format Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner Total Sense Media
More Radio Mid-Sussex, More Radio Eastbourne and More Radio Worthing
History
First air date
11 April 1998
Former names
Arrow FM
Technical information
Class omni polarisation
ERP 100w
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website More Radio

More Radio Hastings, formerly Arrow FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Hastings, Bexhill, Battle and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of a network of stations across Sussex in South East England.

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History

Arrow FM logo used until 2016 Arrow107FM logo.png
Arrow FM logo used until 2016

Arrow FM was founded in 1992 by two local radio executives, Mark Briggs and Matthew Wheeler, who conducted a series of RSL pilot broadcasts in both Hastings and Eastbourne. Three of the transmissions took place in Hastings under the Arrow FM and Splash FM branding - the licence holder was local DJ Terry James and the station manager was Terry Kane.

The group disbanded a year before the Radio Authority advertised a licence for one or more services in East Sussex. The winning bid, Conqueror Broadcasting Ltd - a consortium of local investors and radio operators, led by businessman Bill Uttley Moore CBE, who created the Arrow fm brand - won the licence in 1997. Mark Briggs rejoined the station ahead of its full-time launch on Good Friday 10 April 1998.

By 2000, Arrow FM had been sold to Radio Investments Ltd, which also had interests in nearby stations. This group went on to become The Local Radio Company, which then sold Arrow FM along with sister station Sovereign FM to Media Sound Holdings in 2009. Bespoke local programming for the area was reduced to the weekday breakfast show, with all other output shared with sister stations Bright FM, Sovereign FM and Splash FM.

In November 2010, Ofcom approved a request to share programming across all four stations, stating the changes would not substantially alter the character of the service. [1]

Programming

All programming on the station is produced from Total Sense's Worthing studios and shared with More Radio Mid-Sussex, More Radio Eastbourne and More Radio Worthing with opt-outs for local news and advertising. [2] Local news airs every hour from 6am to 6pm on weekdays and from 8am to 12pm on Saturdays with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows. [3] National news bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried hourly at all other times.

Notable past presenters

Arrow FM's presenters during its early years of broadcasting included Peter Quinn.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "More sharing for Sussex stations". 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2011. Sussex radio stations Splash, Sovereign, Bright and Arrow have been given permission to share all programmes across the stations, Ofcom has announced.
  2. ↑ "Arrow FM public file". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Arrow FM public file". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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