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List of Applicants for Manchester

Ofcom has received nineteen applications for the Manchester FM Independent Radio Licence. These are:

The Arrow ( Manchester ) Limited

The Arrow ( Manchester ) Ltd, Bramley Road , London , W10 6SP

Contact: Daniel Owen . Tel: 020 7470 1065

Email: arrowmanchester@chrysalis.com

97.7 The Arrow is Adult Rock Radio for Manchester's Baby Boomer generation with classic tracks from the legends of rock mixed with newer quality rock music, plus live music from Manchester and beyond, and essential local news and information.

Virgin Classic Rock

Virgin Classic Rock Limited, 1 Golden Square , London , W1F 9DJ

Contact: Jason Bryant. Tel: 07904 587040

Email: jason.byant@virginradio.co.uk

Manchester's classic rock radio station, offering a distinctive service that reflects the unique music, character and personality of Manchester and significantly extends local listening choice.

Manchester Citybeat 97.7

Manchester Citybeat Limited, c/o Halliwells, St James's Court, Brown Street, Manchester M2 2JF

Contact: Alec Craig. Tel: 0845 8501 102

Email: alec.craig@citybeat.co.uk

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

Masti Radio Ltd

Sunrise Radio ( Yorkshire ), Sunrise House, 30 Chapel Street , Little Germany , Bradford , BD1 5DN

Contact: Ms Usha Parmar. Tel: 01274 735043

Email: usha@mastiradio.com

A contemporary Asian/Urban/Popular music-led service primarily for young Asians (aged under 35) and also featuring programming for Manchester’s Black and Chinese Communities.

Alice 97.7 FM

Emmis Atlantic Radio Manchester Ltd, 20-22 Bedford Row, London , W1CR 4JS

Contact: Martin Farmer. Tel: 020 8440 1534

Email: martin.farmer@atlantic-radio.com

A classic and contemporary rock music and information station for people aged 15 to 54 in Greater Manchester .

Time FM ( Manchester ) Ltd

Time FM (Manchester Ltd), 10 Woodside Drive , Sandbach, Cheshire , CW11 4JP

Contact: Barry Machin. Tel: 01782 550347 Mobile : 07940 713191

Email: barry.machin@timefm.com

A full local service aimed at listeners over 45 in the Manchester area featuring a wide variety of classic and contemporary music together with an emphasis on locally produced, high-quality news, comprehensive traffic and travel and a rich range of substantial information and speech features designed to be distinctive and relevant to the target audience.

98 FM Ltd

The Bird Consultancy, New Church House, 34 John Dalton Street , Manchester , M2 6LE

Contact: Chris Bird Tel: 0161 839 4846

Email: chris@birdconsultancy.co.uk

Adult Alternative Radio: an album-led credible mix of music from a wide range of artists, designed to appeal to ABC1 adults aged 30-59, with concise speech and 24 hour local news.

Young Asian Sound FM Radio Ltd

YAS FM Radio Ltd, Globe House, Southall Street , Manchester , M3 1LG

Contact: Sirfraz Ali. Tel: 0161 288 1000

Email: sirfraz.ali@asiansoundradio.co.uk

An upbeat music led station predominantly playing a contemporary fusion of Asian and British Asian music with a flavour of International Pop and R&B, presented in an upbeat style and specifically aimed at a core audience of Manchester's 15-30 year old Asian community.

97.7 The City

39 Long Acre , London , WC2E 9LG

Contact: Yvette Dore. Tel: 020 7845 6836

Email: ydore@celador.co.uk

97.7 The City will be a local service for adults (aged 35 plus) living in and around Manchester based upon a wide music selection comprised of the best of today’s contemporary easy listening and the softer sounds of the last 40 years, combined with relevant, intelligent presentation, entertainment, listener interaction, news and information.

Unity Radio

Beehive Mill, Jersey Street , Ancoats, Manchester , M4 6JG

Contact: Tom Clarke. Tel: 0161 923 4800

Email: tom@unityradio.co.uk

Unity Radio is a 24 hour new music station that caters for the young people of Manchester by providing a programming schedule reflecting news, debate and a broad range of modern underground music set against a philosophy of youth inclusion and development. Programmes will be entirely locally produced and focused.

The Storm ( Manchester ) Ltd

The Storm ( Manchester ) Ltd, 7 Swallow Place , London , WC2B 5DG

Contact: Georgina Lipscomb Tel: 020 7344 2718 Mobile : 07970 226308

Email: georgina.lipscomb@musicradio.com

A station playing great rock music for Manchester.

Manchester's Kerrang 97.7

Piccadilly Radio Ltd, Castle Quay, Castlefield, Manchester , M15 4PR

Contact: Gus MacKenzie. Tel: 0161 288 5000

Email: gus.mackenzie@emap.com

Manchester's Kerrang 97.7 will be a rock station with relevant news, lifestyle and programming for all rock fans in the area.

Saga Radio ( Manchester ) Limited

Saga Radio House, Alder Court , Riverside Business Park, Nottingham , NG2 1RX

Contact: Ron Coles. Tel: 0115 943 5050

Email: ron.coles@saga.co.uk

Melodic, familiar, popular music from the last six decades and today, with news, information and lifestyle orientated speech, primarily targeting listeners in the Manchester area aged 50 and over.

Go-FM

Great Northern House, 275 Deansgate, Manchester , M3 4EL

Contact: Grainne Landowski . Tel: 0161 286 5537 or 07710 677 357

Email: grainne@go-fm.co.uk

A classic rock station for 40+ Mancunians. A music and lifestyle station which conveys the pride of its city’s inhabitants, offering intelligent and personality driven presentation and significant local news and current affairs discussion in key peaktime dayparts.

Manchester 97.7 FM

Scottish Radio Holdings plc, Clydebank Business park, Glasgow , G81 2RX

Contact: Sandy Wilkie . Tel: 0141 565 2251

Email: sandy.wilkie@srh.co.uk

Manchester 97.7 FM is the local radio service for the city of Manchester providing a 24 hour, 7 day a week service comprising music, entertainment and comedy, with news and information, relevant to the city.

XFM Manchester

Capital Radio plc, 30 Leicester Square , London , WC2H 7LA

Contact: Jane Wilson. Tel: 020 7766 6863

Email: jane.wilson@capitalradiongroup.com

Xfm Manchester will provide an Alternative music format for 15-34 year olds in the Manchester area, playing generally guitar-led, quality modern and classic “music with attitude" created by artists who challenge mainstream pop aesthetics.

Kismat Radio ( Sunrise Radio)

46 Linnet Hill, Rochdale , Manchester , OL11 4DA

Contact: Rana Sarkar. Tel: 07974 570760

Email: rsarkar@kismatradio.com

A speech-based station with an emphasis on locally-produced news and information targeted at over 35s in the Asian communities in the Manchester area, accompanied by a variety of Asian Gold and other popular forms of music appealing to the target audience.

97.7 Fun FM

Children's Radio UK ( Manchester ) Ltd, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London , W1T 7NF

Contact: Nigel Birrell Tel: 020 7554 2500

Email: nbirrell@hitentertainment.com

A modern radio station for families with young children, focusing on the specific needs of children aged under 10 and their parents, carers and teachers by playing a unique mix of contemporary and classic children’s music, with speech centred around fun and discovery for children, and parent-orientated and information for the grown-ups.

allTalk FM Limited

allTalk FM Limited, Hillside, 2 Danebank Road, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 9DH

Contact: John Stalker Tel: 01925 753888

Email: j.stalker@tiscali.co.uk

allTalk FM is a 24-hour speech radio station with prominence of local news, national and international and information for the people of Manchester and the surrounding areas.