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List of applicants for Belfast

Ofcom has received eleven applications for the Belfast FM Independent Radio Licence. These are:

Belfast's 105 FM

Belfast Broadcasting Limited, DCL, 2 Donegall Square East , Belfast , BT1 5HB
Contact: Paul McErlean. Tel: 028 9033 9949
email: paul@dclmedia.com

A new format for Belfast aimed at 30-55 year-old adults, with a commitment to 40% speech, professional news and sports coverage and classic hits music with a rock edge.

Belfast Citylife 105.1 FM

Belfast Citylife Limited, 46 Stranmillis Embankment, Belfast , BT9 5FN
Contact: Richard Collett. Tel: 028 9020 5967
email: richard.collett@citybeat.co.uk

A Belfast-focused lifestyle speech, music and information station primarily targeting listeners aged 45 and over.

Delicious FM

Delicious FM Limited, 18 Ballymoran Road , Killinchy, Co. Down, BT23 6UE
Contact: Chris Gibson. Tel: 028 9754 2527
email: chrisdgibson@btinternet.com

Delicious FM will be an entertaining speech-led local station for Belfast and the surrounding areas, locally produced with live presentation 24 hours a day and a strong commitment to news, information, debate and listener participation backed with adult contemporary music from musically credible artists.

Innovate

Belfast Investment Group 105, C/o Chantrey Vellacott, Scottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West , Belfast , BT1 6JF
Contact: Mike Gaston. Tel: 028 9752 8475
email: mike.gaston@btopenworld.com

An up-beat contemporary music station for people aged 15 to 34 living in the greater Belfast area, presented by witty, irreverent presenters who know and love rock, dance, pop, RnB and alternative music and who encourage emerging local talent.

Kerrang! Belfast's Classic Rock

Belfast Music Radio Ltd., Wentworth House, Wentworth St. , Peterborough , PE1 1DS
Contact: Steve King. Tel: 020 7182 8527
email: steve.king@emap.com

Kerrang! Belfast will be a classic rock station with relevant news, lifestyle and programming features aimed primarily at 35-54 year-olds, but with appeal to all those aged 15-64.

lagan.FM

lagan.FM Ltd., 39 Long Acre , London WC2E 9LG
Contact: Yvette Dore. Tel: 020 7845 6836
email: ydore@celador.co.uk

lagan.FM will be a local service for adults (aged 40+) in the Belfast area based upon a broad mix of soft rock and contemporary easy listening music, spoken word entertainment, discussion and listener interaction, news and information. It will have a 35%/65% speech/music ratio in order to comprehensively reflect the issues that are of importance to the target audience.

Live 105

Live 105 Limited, The New Boathouse, 136-142 Bramley Road , London , W10 6SR
Contact: Don Anderson. Tel: 028 9181 7930
email: damedia@btinternet.com

A full-service radio station playing a broad variety of popular music from the past 40 years, and featuring significant, relevant, engaging speech content during daytime aimed at listeners aged 35+ in Belfast and the surrounding area.

Radio Belfast

Radio Belfast Ltd., 87 Rossdowney Road , Waterside, Londonderry , BT47 5SU
Contact: Frank McLaughlin. Tel: 028 7134 4449
email: frank@radiobelfast.fm

A Music and Information Station with an emphasis on local news and issues for the 35+ age group within Greater Belfast.

105.1 Smooth FM

GMG Radio, 1 Sterling Court , Capitol Park , Leeds , WF3 1EL
Contact: Jeff Stephenson. Tel: 07710 073021
email: jeff.stephenson@gmgradio.co.uk

Smooth FM is an easy-listening music, 24-hour news and lifestyle orientated speech and information station for mature adults living in the Belfast area.

U105

Ulster Television plc, Ormeau Road , Belfast , BT7 1EB
Contact: Orla McKibbin. Tel: 028 9032 8122
email: omckibbin@u105.com

A personality-led station aimed primarily at the over 45 age group in Belfast and the surrounding area, providing topical speech, and music from the Gold era right through to the present day.

Z-Rock

Z-Rock Ltd., 96A Curtain Road , London , EC2A 3AA
Contact: Claire Aiken. Tel: 028 9066 3000
email: claire@aikenpr.co.uk

A station serving 35 plus rock music enthusiasts who want a serious alternative to the diet of predominately pop music radio currently available to them. The service will play rock music from the last 40 years and have a specific commitment to promoting new and established Northern Ireland talent. Music will be complemented with intelligent and relevant news, community issues, entertainment news as well as lifestyle oriented speech.

The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly.

Ofcom welcomes the views of the public about the local needs of listeners in this area and the type of service required. Opinions on these issues can either be emailed to commercialradio@ofcom.org.uk or posted to Neil Stock , Head of Radio Planning & Licensing, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road , London SE1 9HA . Please mark the envelope 'Belfast'.