Helius Media have sold the licenses for Alpha Radio (Darlington) and Durham Radio to Nation Broadcasting, the owners of Sun FM. The frequencies are now relaying Sun FM, although it is not clear if this is with any opt outs for news and adverts. This is yet another change for listeners to 102.6, 102.8, 103.2…Read moreRead more
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Sun FM Takes Over in Durham and Darlington
Alpha FM will Join Durham FM in Returning
The Durham and Darlington FM licenses owned by View TV Group have been sold to Helius Media. The licenses which had been joined to form a single station, had been broadcasting as Vintage Music Radio, and before that Rathergood Radio. View TV bought what was Star Radio North East in March 2017, launching Rathergood Radio…Read moreRead more
Entire Radio Station Moves to a New Home
In what could be a first, Rathergood Radio has moved in it’s entirety, and is now broadcasting to the London area on DAB from studios in Reading. To complicate matters, what was Rathergood Radio in County Durham and North Yorkshire has now rebranded to Vintage Music Radio, playing music from the 70s and 80s. Both…Read moreRead more
Another Schedule Change at Rathergood Radio
There has been another schedule change at County Durham and North Yorkshire station Rathergood Radio. Lizzie Crow has the left the station, and has been replaced on Breakfast by Cleo. Craig Andrews and Tall Tim (Tim Denning) remain, but Craig is no longer doing the late show. Lauren Watt has joined the station, but is…Read moreRead more
Rathergood Radio Joins RadioPlayer
North East local radio station Rathergood Radio has joined UK Radioplayer. The station will benefit from being accessible on Radioplayer’s comprehensive range of apps for Apple, Android, Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone apps, plus an on-line player, accessible through web browsers on PCs. More information on Radioplayer can be found on the Radioplayer website at…Read moreRead more
Rathergood Radio to Go Advert Free at the Weekend
County Durham, Darlington, and North Yorkshire local radio station Rathergood Radio, are to go advert free on Fridays and Saturdays. Starting in April, adverts will no longer feature between 6pm and midnight.