99.9 Radio Norwich

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99.9 Radio Norwich
Designed by "Creative Sponge"
Broadcast area Norwich
Frequency 99.9 MHz
First air date June 29, 2006
Format Contemporary
Audience share 2.7% (March 2008, [1])
Owner Tindle Radio Group

99.9 Radio Norwich is a British radio station in Norwich, Norfolk.

The station — not to be confused with the Alan Partridge parody Radio Norwich — is part of Tindle Radio Group, owners of neighbouring North Norfolk Radio and "103.4 The Beach". The station was known as Crown FM during its 28 day trial restricted service licence (RSL) broadcasts.

Crown FM began broadcasting these trials on 3 July 1999 using a restricted service licence on 107.3 MHz FM via a mast at Mousehold Heath.

Further RSLs took place in the 28 days leading up to Christmas in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and from 26 April to 23 May 2003.

The British communications regulator, Ofcom, advertised a non-temporary licence for the area on 8 December 2004. On the closing date of 9 March 2005, Crown FM was one of five bidders for the licence, with Lite FM Norwich (from Forward Media Ltd), Norwich 99.9 FM (from Wireless Group), NRG fm (from Archant Regional) and Today FM (from UKRD Group).

Ofcom announced 13 weeks later that Crown FM had won the licence for a period of 12 years.

The station began test transmissions on 31 May 2006 for four weeks from a transmitter located at the Stoke Holy Cross site near Poringland in Norfolk, using a power of 500 Watts.

The station officially opened on 29 June 2006 under the name "99.9 Radio Norwich" with the slogan The New Number For Norwich.

Tom Kay opened the station at 0830 with Chic's 1979 single "Good Times".

Contents

[edit] Staff

NEWS TEAM

PROGRAMMING TEAM

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Original schedule

Monday - Friday:
00:00 - 04:00 Overnight
04:00 - 06:30 Emma Philpotts
06:30 - 10:00 Tom Kay in the Morning
10:00 - 15:00 Phil Johnson
15:00 - 19:00 Steve Bradley
19:00 - 00:00 Joe Rudd

Saturday:
00:00 - 07:00 Overnight
07:00 - 11:00 The Saturday Show with Steve Bradley
11:00 - 14:00 Emma Philpotts
14:00 - 18:00 Shortcut to Sport with Ollie George and James Hernandez
18:00 - 00:00 Saturday Night Party

Sunday:
00:00 - 07:00 Overnight
07:00 - 11:00 Greatest Hits on Sunday with Simon Jones
11:00 - 16:00 Sunday Requests with Joe Rudd
16:00 - 19:00 A List Chart
19:00 - 00:00 Sunday Night

[edit] Current schedule

Monday - Friday:
02:00 - 06:00 Emma Philpotts
06:00 - 10:00 Norwich Breakfast With Tom Kay
10:00 - 14:00 Keith Travis
14:00 - 18:00 Steve Bradley
18:00 - 22:00 Rob Shepperson
22:00 - 02:00 Tina James

Saturday:
00:00 - 06:00 Norwich Through The Night
06:00 - 12:00 Rob Shepperson
12:00 - 14:00 Saturday Lunchtime
14:00 - 18:00 Keith Travis
18:00 - 00:00 Saturday Night Party with Emma Philpotts

Sunday:
00:00 - 08:00 Norwich Through The Night
08:00 - 12:00 Hits and Headlines Sunday with Simon Jones
12:00 - 16:00 David Hoffman
16:00 - 19:00 Dave James
19:00 - 22:00 Adam Morris in 'The Chatroom'
22:00 - 02:00 Tina James

[edit] Audience figures

In the second quarter of 2007, Radio Norwich was listened to by 38,000 people each week, with each listener tuning in for an average of 7.2 hours per week. [2]


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