QEFM

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QEFM (defunct)
Broadcast area	Europe
Frequency	Astra 1A, Transponder 16, Subcarrier 7.38/7.56 MHz
First air date	1991
Format	MOR/Pop
Owner	unknown

Quality Europe FM was a UK radio station transmitted across Europe via the Astra 1A satellite in the early 1990s. QEFM was one of the first European radio stations to use Direct to Home reception as its primary method of delivery, despite the use of the acronym "FM" in its name.

1 History
2 Presentation
3 Former Presenters
4 External Websites

[edit] History

The station first broadcast briefly from Cheltenham, before moving to studios located next to the offices of HiTech Xtravision (a famous satellite decoder manufacturer at the time) in Albany Park, Camberley, Surrey, UK which it later shared with its sister station Country Music Radio.

[edit] Presentation

On air QEFM had a very polished style and the studios in Camberley became home to some famous (or later famous) names. One such name was Dave Lee Travis, who after leaving the BBC in a much publicised split, briefly presented his independent commercial show via the station.[1]

While QEFM was primarily a MOR and pop music station, one of the few programmes to survive the stations closure in 1994 was Eric Wiltsher’s "Satellite Surgery" (later known as the "Media Zoo"), which having originally moved to QEFM from Euronet, transferred across to Country Music Radio. This popular technology show focused on everything from satellite systems to internet access, at a time when such technology was far from common place.