Radio Sunlight

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Radio Sunlight
Broadcast area Medway
Frequency 106.6 FM
Programming
Format Community radio
History
First air date
27 March 2012
Last air date
19 February 2016

Radio Sunlight is a community radio station serving the Medway towns in Kent, England.

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History

The station originally started broadcasting online in 2006, run by local Medway charity the Sunlight Development Trust. OFCOM awarded the Trust the licence to broadcast on FM in 2009, [1] with transmissions starting 27 March 2012 on 106.6FM.

In 2016, Sunlight Development Trust made the decision to change format from FM broadcast to Internet broadcast. The FM licence was not renewed and Radio Sunlight ceased broadcasting on 19 February 2016 while, at the same time, transitioning to its new format as an Internet-based local community radio station.

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References

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