More Radio Mid-Sussex

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More Radio Mid-Sussex
Broadcast area Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Lewes
Frequency 106.4 MHz, 106.8MHz
Programming
Format Contemporary
Ownership
Owner Total Sense Media
More Radio Hastings, More Radio Eastbourne and More Radio Worthing
History
First air date
31 March 2001
Former names
Bright FM
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website More Radio

More Radio Mid-Sussex, formerly Bright FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Burgess Hill, as part of a network of stations across Sussex.

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Recent history

In 2005, Bright FM launched a second transmitter on 106.8 FM, extending its service to Lewes.

In April 2008, the station became part of Media Sound Holdings, following a merger with neighbouring radio station Worthing-based Splash FM. [1] In June 2009, Media Sound Holdings added Arrow FM in Hastings and Sovereign FM in Eastbourne to their group from TLRC. [2]

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. [3]

Programming

All programming on the station is produced from Total Sense Media studios in Worthing and shared with More Radio Hastings, More Radio Eastbourne and More Radio Worthing with opt-outs for local news and advertising. [4]

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. [5] National news bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried hourly at all other times.

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References

  1. Bright and Splash to merge Archived 6 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Radio Today, 8 April 2008
  2. TLRC sells Arrow and Sovereign Archived 30 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Radio Today, 29 June 2009
  3. "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.
  4. "Bright FM public file". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. "Bright FM public file". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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