Peak FM (North Derbyshire)
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| Broadcast area | North Derbyshire |
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| Frequency | 102.0 MHz, 107.4 MHz |
| First air date | October 7, 1998 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 9.6% (April 2008, [1]) |
| Owner | UTV Radio |
| Website | Peakfm.net |
Peak FM is the local radio station in North Derbyshire. It uses the tag line 'You Love, It Way Play It' as the playlists are built on lots of in-depth research with the general public and the station prides itself on updating the area on local news and sport.
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[edit] Coverage Area
[edit] Towns
Based in Sheepbridge, Chesterfield, Peak FM's coverage area includes the towns of Alfreton, Bakewell, Bolsover, Clay Cross, Dronfield, Hilcote, Matlock, Pinxton, Ripley, Shirebrook, South Normanton and Staveley. Southern districts of the City of Sheffield are also included, though the topography of the area makes reception unreliable.
[edit] Villages
The coverage area also includes many isolated areas in North-Eastern Derbyshire, North Western Nottinghamshire, Southern Sheffield and the White Peak of the Peak District National Park.
[edit] Frequencies
- 107.4 FM covers Chesterfield, south Sheffield, North Alfreton, north-eastern Derbyshire, Mansfield and Worksop.
- 102.0 FM covers Matlock, Bakewell, The Derbyshire Dales and Central Alfreton.
Peak FM is now available as an audio stream on the internet, and will be available on DAB Digital Radio in 2008 as part of the NOW Derbyshire DAB Multiplex.[2]
[edit] History
Though served by Hallam FM in Sheffield, Chesterfield missed out on having a commercial radio station of its own for two decades.
With this in mind a group of radio enthusiasts from the Chesterfield & Mansfield area began to do research in the area. Members of the group included Phil Penny, formally of Center Radio & High Peak in Buxton and Leyton Morris now breakfast presenter at High Peak. The letter of intent for the Chesterfield area was put into the Radio Authority around 8 years before the area was put on the working list. After all this work was done after 5 years the guys gave it up as a bad job and passed all of the paperwork over to Chris Knight, manager of Amber Sound FM. Who in turn handed over the paperwork and the name of Peak FM to Wayne Chadwick of Grand Central Broadcasting.
Another group who lost out on this licence were "Spire FM" fronted by The Jenner Brothers now running "High Peak Radio" in Buxton. Also failing to win the licence was "Trust FM", the former Chesterfield Hospitals Radio which broadcast from the Royal Hospital.
Peak FM began broadcasting to Chesterfield as 'Peak 107 FM' on Wednesday October 7, 1998 at 8 am, with the Simple Minds song 'Alive and Kicking' being the first song on the station. The Radio Authority had awarded Grand Central Broadcasting the license earlier in the spring.
The station was launched by Dave Kilner, with the (then) Mayor and Mayoress of Chesterfield. Mark Burrows presented Breakfast after the launch, followed by Dave Kilner on mid-mornings, James Hilton on drive, Trev Parsons 1 hour of drive and the evening show and Richard Spinks on late night love.
At the same time, the authority also awarded licenses for two other small stations, in nearby Bassetlaw and Mansfield.
[edit] Forever Broadcasting
In 2001, Forever Broadcasting bought out Grand Central Broadcasting, and Peak 107 was rebranded as 'The 50/50 Music Mix of Yesterday And Today', with an accompanying change in music policy.
Forever sold three of its stations in 2003, with three remaining- Peak, Tower FM in Bolton and Wolverhampton's 107.7 The Wolf. In early 2004, Forever Broadcasting was itself bought by The Wireless Group, run by former newspaper editor Kelvin MacKenzie.
[edit] Wireless Group
Under the new regime, the station changed its name to the shorter 'Peak FM' from 'Peak 107' in summer 2004. This was due to the station broadcasting over two frequences, 107.4FM and 102FM
Station output did not change dramatically after the takeover, but presenters were occasionally required to promote other stations and services offered by The Wireless Group, which was itself taken over by UTV Radio in June 2005.
Peak FM's website [3] was relaunched in Autumn 2004 and again in May 2007.
It was announced on May 7th 2008, that Programme Controller Chris Buckley would leave Peak FM to take up the same position at UTV's new station Central Radio in Preston. Central announce Programme Controller
Peak FM launched a major marketing campaign in May 07 with 48 foot posters, bus backs and bus stop ad's around the TSA and took deleivery of a marked up new Mini Clubman.
[edit] Past Presenters & Where are they now?
- Jeff Cooper - Former Programme Controller (Now at Smooth Radio, Nottingham)
- Trevor Parsons former Evening Show Presenter & Commercial Producer [4] (Programme Controller Amber Sound FM)
- Mark Burrows former Breakfast presenter (Now has own production company in Derby)
- Dave Kilner former mid-morning presenter and launch programme Controller (Now fund raising manager for help a Hallam Child)
- James Hilton former Afternoon Drive and Street Cred presenter
- Paul Denton former Weekend Breakfast presenter [5]
- Craig Pattison former Programme Manager and weekday lunchtime presenter
- David Ross former Mid-Morning and Saturday Breakfast Presenter (Now at Lincs FM)
- Chris Birks presented Early Weekend Breakfast (Now on the Evening Show & Saturday Afternoons at Mansfield 103.2)
- Richard Spinks former Peak FM Chilled presenter [6]
- Chris Payne presented the Peak Party in Saturday Evenings
[edit] Current Presenters
- Andy Jones presents Saturday Afternoons 2-6pm
- Sean Goldsmith and Bakewell's Becky Measures co-present the Breakfast Show from 6-10am and Round Your Place 11-2 on Saturdays
- Dave Sherwood presents the Stress Busters and Ultimate 80's show from 7pm Sunday - Thursday
- Chris Buckley is the Programme Controller and presents Mid Mornings Weekdays from 10am
- Dave Vickers is one of Peak's cover presenters
- Gareth James presents Drive Time from 2pm - 7pm
- Sara Powell presents the Friday & Saturday Night Party Show
- Andy Martindale presents Late Night Love Monday-Friday from 10pm
- Paul Edwards takes you through the night from 2am
[edit] News
- Laura Pankhurst
- Holly Knebel
- Sam Smith
[edit] External links
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