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Home > Radio > Information about stations and licensing > Radio Broadcast Licensing > Formats, Maps and Contact > Radio Station Formats > Format changes > List of Format Changes 04-07
Detailed List of Format Changes 2004-2007
| Date amended | Station | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3.04 | Jazz FM (NW) | Name change to Smooth FM |
| 23.4.04 | SouthCity FM | Name change to The Saint |
| 28.4.04 | Peak 107 FM | Change of control review: news requirements amended |
| 28.4.04 | The Wolf | Change of control review: news requirements amended |
| 4/04 | Fusion 107.4 FM | Name change to Time 107.4 FM |
| 5/04 | 107.4 Swan FM | Name change to Mix 107.4 FM |
| 21/6/04 | Clan FM | Name change to The Edge (from 28.6.04) |
| 24/6/04 | Heart 106.2 | Revised music description |
| 24/6/04 | 100.7 Heart FM | Revised music description |
| 5/7/04 | LBC (both stations) | Amendment to service duration |
| 8.7.04 | CTR (Maidstone) | Conversion to format |
| 31.8.04 | Peak 107 FM | Name change to Peak FM |
| 20.10.04 | Ivel FM | Conversion to format |
| 26.10.04 | YCR (Scarboro) | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | YCR (Bridlington) | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | Vale FM | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | Spire FM | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | Silk FM | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | Isle of Wight Radio | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | Home 107.9 | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 26.10.04 | 107.5 3TR FM | Extended news requirements amended: S355s |
| 1.11.04 | Jazz FM 102.2 | An increase in the amount of out-of-daytime specialist jazz required (from 40 to 45 hours week) and flexibility to place strict jazz obligations out-of-daytime where appropriate |
| 1.11.04 | 100.4 Smooth FM | An increase in the amount of out-of-daytime specialist jazz required (from 40 to 45 hours week) and flexibility to place strict jazz obligations out-of-daytime where appropriate |
| 3.11.04 | City Beat | Speech requirements adjusted |
| 13.11.04 | BCR fm | Temporary location share but with continued discrete programming. |
| 8.12.04 | TalkSport | To allow limited regional opt-outs |
| 8.12.04 | Kerrang! | Conversion to Format – Reduction in speech/music ratio at breakfast. |
| 8.12.04 | Easy Radio London | Change of Format and station name to KATR (Kismat Asian Talk Radio) |
| 20.12.04 | Time 106.8 FM | Vietnamese prog temporarily suspended Limited temporary co-location. |
| 20.12.04 | Fusion 107.3 FM | Reduction in specialist programming |
| 31.12.04 | MFM/Buzz | Change of Control Review: split breakfast continuation |
| 31.12.04 | GWR FM (Bristol) | Change of Control Review: split breakfast continuation |
| 1.3.05 | Q97.2 Causeway Coast | Weekend news arrangements |
| 1.3.05 | Q101.2 FM | Weekend news arrangements |
| 8.3.05 | 107 The Edge | Agreed temporary location arrangements |
| 10.3.05 | All Magic AM stns | Reduction of locally produced/presented from 7 to 4 hrs per day |
| 22.3.05 | Dune FM | Amendment to locally produced/presented to: at least 18 hrs weekdays, 12 hrs Saturday, 12 hrs Sunday |
| 22.3.05 | 2BR | Amendment to locally produced/presented to: at least 18 hrs weekdays, 12 hrs Saturday, 12 hrs Sunday |
| 22.3.05 | KCR FM | Amendment to locally produced/presented to: at least 18 hrs weekdays, 12 hrs Saturday, 12 hrs Sunday |
| 9.6.05 | Jazz FM 102.2 | Name change to Smooth FM 102.2 |
| 25.7.05 | Galaxy 102.2 FM (Bham) | Specialist music adjustment |
| 26.7.05 | Radio Carmarthenshire/Scarlett FM | Conversion from PoP to Format |
| 29.7.05 | Kix 96 | Amplification of ‘current’ music definition |
| 25.8.05 | Classic Gold 936/1161 (Swindon) | Temporary change to allow regional broadcasting |
| 25.8.05 | Classic Gold 1260 (Bristol & Bath) | Temporary change to allow regional broadcasting |
| 27.8.05 | Century 106 | Name change to Heart 106 after acquisition by Chrysalis. |
| 22.9.05 | Spirit FM | Local hours and licence area amended |
| 26.9.05 | Classic Gold 936/1161 (Swindon) | Extension of period of temporary change to allow regional broadcasting |
| 26.9.05 | Classic Gold 1260 (Bristol & Bath) | Extension of period of temporary change to allow regional broadcasting |
| 28.9.05 | Central FM | Temporary waiver on country music programme. |
| 3.10.05 | North Norfolk Radio | Conversion to Format |
| 5.10.05 | Kiss FM | Removal of specifically mentioned music genres, namely House, Garage, Soul/Jazz, Rap, Reggae, Ragga and Swing |
| 7.11.05 | Bath FM | Local hours amended (reduction from 18 to 12 on Saturdays and Sundays) |
| 9.11.05 | Star 107 FM | Star Radio (Stroud) |
| 9.11.05 | Star 107.9 FM | Star Radio (Cambridge) |
| 9.11.05 | Star 107.2 FM | Star Radio (Bristol) |
| 9.11.05 | Fen Radio 107.5 FM (and Star, Ely, 107.1 FM) | Fen Radio/Star Radio (Ely) |
| 9.11.05 | Star 107.7 FM | Star Radio (North Somerset) |
| 9.11.05 | Star 107.5 FM | Star Radio (Cheltenham) |
| 24.11.05 | Beat 106 | Name change to 106 XFM |
| 1.1.06 | The Bear (Stratford) | Name change to Touch FM (Stratford) |
| 1.1.06 | Kix 96 | Name change to Touch FM (Coventry) |
| 23.2.06 | Time 106.8 and Time 107.3 | Temporary co-location arrangements |
| 16.3.06 | Classic Gold (Breeze ) Southend | Locally made hours adjusted to 4 in daytime line with CG network output. |
| 1.4.06 | Mid FM | Name change to Six FM |
| 1.5.06 | Star 106.6 | Name change to Time 106.6 |
| 2.5.06 | Sunrise FM | Music detail to read “four last decades” instead of “three last decades” |
| 3.5.06 | Q101.2 FM | Locally made hours increased from 15 to 18 |
| 9.5.06 | LBC 97.3 | Clarification of use of illustrative music |
| 9.5.06 | LBC News1152 | Clarification of use of illustr<tive music |
| 30.5.06 | KMFM – six stations | Consolidating network obligations overnight |
| 14.6.06 | Vibe 101 and Vibe FM | Increase of 20 hrs in specialist music and adjustment of networking/sharing. |
| 24.7.06 | Oak 107 | Out-of-daytime locally-produced hours adjusted by three |
| 26.7.06 | Carmarthenshire/Scarlet | Amending existing co-location arrangements |
| 21.8.06 | BCR FM | Name change to Quay West 107.4 |
| 21.8.06 | Quay FM | Name change to Quay West 102.4 |
| 21.8.06 | YCR Bridlington | Co-location and limited programme sharing |
| 21.8.06 | TLRC stations (various) | Levelled to 14 local hours (inc all daytime) |
| 14.8.06 | Passion 107.9 FM | Name change to Oxford’s FM 107.9 |
| 1.9.06 | Vibe 101 | Name change to Kiss 101 |
| 1.9.06 | Vibe 105-108 | Name change to Kiss 105-108 |
| 15.9.06 | KMFM – West Kent, Medway, Canterbury, Folkstone & Dover, Thanet | Extra news bulletins provision inserted to replace extended news bulletins |
| 26.9.06 | Sunrise Radio | Following consultation RLC agreed to allow Sunrise Radio to move specific speech elements of its Format, unchanged, into the Format of Kismat Asian Talk Radio (Kismat) |
| 26.9.06 | KATR (Kismat) | Following consultation RLC agreed to allow KATR to take specific speech elements of the Sunrise Radio Format, unchanged, into its own Format |
| 4.10.06 | KMFM (Thanet, Medway, West Kent, Folkstone & Dover) | KMFM (four stations) adjustment to co-branding hours |
| 4.10.06 | Bridge FM | Co-location arrangements with Swansea Bay Radio |
| 9.10.06 | 96.3 QFM | Caveat added to the detail to allow co-location at Baillieston |
| 1.11.06 | NECR | Removal of out-of-daytime dance/indie obligations |
| 9.12.06 | 96.3 QFM | Name change to 96.3 Rock Radio and co-location with AL168 Real Radio. |
| 24.1.2007 | Magic 1548 (Merseyside), Magic 999 (Preston), Magic 828 ( Leeds) | Replacement of peaktime extended local bulletins on 3 Magic AM stations with additional local bulletins throughout daytime on the entire Magic network |
| 29.1.07 | 3 Saga Stations | Weekly syndication replaced by daily locally made hours reduction, and obligation for 40-year-old tracks to comprise at least 20% of output following Section 355 Reviews |
| 5.2.07 | Trax FM (Bassetlaw) | Arrangements to co-locate with Trax FM in Doncaster and adjustment to locally made hours. |
| 5.2.07 | Star Radio – Cheltenham, Cambridge & North Somerset (3 stns) | Mature AC added to AC music content and ‘music from the last 40 years’ changed to ‘from the sixties to the present day’. |
| 13.2.07 | UTV stations | Changes to 6 northern UTV stations to allow restricted live regional networking, one for Signal Two reduction of local hours, and one for Wish, Wire, Imagine, Radio Wave and Tower networking. |
| 23.2.07 | Smooth 100.4 FM | To allow three hours of complementary specialist music out of peak-time |
| 23.2.07 | 96.2 The Revolution | Addition of Adult Alternative to musical obligations. All other obligations remain the same |
| 5.3.07 | Radio Aire | Allowance for monthly request programme |
| 7.3.07 | 96.2 Touch FM ( Coventry) | Reduction in specialist music from 5 to 3 hours |
| 12.3.07 | Time 107.3 FM | Name change to South London Radio (South FM) |
| 19.3.07 | CTR 105.6FM | To allow live Kent networking out of daytime and live regional networking out of peak. |
| 19.3.07 | KMFM stns Medway, Canterbury, Folkestone, Thanet, W.Kent & CTR 105.6 | To allow 4 hours of live regional networking out of peak. |
| 23.3.07 | 3 Saga stations | Name change to Smooth Radio |
| 23.3.07 | Smooth 100.4 | Addition of easy-listening programme in non-peaktime |
| 23.3.07 | Smooth 102.2 | Conversion after consultation to an over-50s station |
| 29.3.07 | The Rocket | Name change back to KCR |
| 2.4.07 | Win FM, Delta FM, Kestrel FM, Kick FM | To allow co-location of the stations in Andover |
| 4.4.07 | Classic Hits 954/1530 | Name change to Sunshine 954/1530 and to allow split of former breakfast show for Hereford and Worcester |
| 26.4.07 | Radio Aire, Hallam, City, Rock FM, Metro, Viking, Key 103 | Reduction to 16 of locally made hours to allow live networking overnight |
| 26.4.07 | Kiss 100 | Adjustment to peaktime news requirement |
| 25.5.07 | Touch FM (Coventry, Staffs, Stratford) and Oak FM and Rugby FM | all stations having their locally produced hours demand cut from 18 to 16 a day to allow for live regionalised networking outside peaktime. And Rugby's obligation to local news will end at 2000 instead of 2100 to accommodate evening networking. |
| 30.5. 07 | The Pulse and Peak FM | To slightly reduce the amount of locally produced hours demanded, to allow for live regionalised networking out of daytime. |
| 8.6.07 | Home FM | Introduction of a weekly rather than daily phone-in, and adjustment of Asian output to introduce six hours of output, involving three hour-long targeted programmes |
| 4.7.07 | Stray FM | Agreed to reduce the station's specialist music programming (which must "complement the station's main music mix") from 14 hours per week to nine hours per week. |
| 9.7.07 | YCR Bridlington | Permission granted to Yorkshire Coast Radio to give it the flexibility to air its required four hour Bridlington 'opt-out' show at the weekends on either Saturday or Sunday (previously the station's Format required the programme to be broadcast on Saturday). |
| 24.7.07 | Dream 107.7 | Agreed to reduce Dream 107.7’s locally-produced hours from 24 hours to 18 (weekdays) and 10 (weekends), facilitating live regionalised networking where currently there is an automated music service. Also agreed that Dream 107.7 should be allowed to deliver its daily one hour weekday news magazine feature as a two hour music and speech programme, but with a specific requirement for local topics and local guests. |
| 31.7.07 | Classic Gold stations + Capital Gold stations | Alignment of local informational drop-ins and music eras + change of name to Gold for all stns, following Capital’s purchase of Classic Gold stns from UBC |
| 6.8.07 | The Saint | Change of name to 107.8 Radio Hampshire (following change of control) |
| 14.8.07 | Pulse Classic Gold | Change of name to Pulse Gold |
| 15.8.07 | Bath FM, Vale FM, 3TR FM | Introducing news magazine programming content to replace 30-minute news programmes (and 15 minute programmes). |
| 16.8.07 | Bath FM | Agreed Format Change Request Bath FM (to co-locate with Brunel – TLRC |
| 20.8.07 | Kerrang! | Adjustment of new music percentage in daytime |
| 16.10.07 | Rugby FM and 96.2 Touch FM Coventry | Rugby and Coventry allowed co-location in Honiley, from where the Warwick and Stratford licences will operate |
| 12.10.07 | Smooth NW | To add easy listening to the musical genres, targeting an audience of 50-plus. Specialist jazz is retained |
| 23.10.07 | Your Radio (Helensburgh and Dumbarton) | Adjustment to news times |
| 29.10.07 | The Bee | Allowing occasional syndicated programming |
| 5.11.07 | Time 106.6 FM (Slough) | Adjustment to news times |
| 1.12.07 | Durham FM | Local hours adjusted in accordance with changes indicated in original application and Format |
BOLD denotes RLC consideration and agreement
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