Chelmsford Radio 107.7 was a local radio station for

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

and mid

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, broadcasting from studios in Southend, and owned by the

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Group. It merged with Southend Radio in 2015 to create

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History

Chelmsford Radio began broadcasting as Chelmer FM in 1998, under the ownership of Mid Essex Radio Ltd. In September 2001, the station was purchased by the

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— owner of Dream 100 in

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— and rebranded as Dream 107.7 in mid-February 2002. In September 2008 the station was sold by Tindle to Adventure Radio, the then owners of

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and

Southend Radio Southend Radio was a local adult contemporary radio station broadcasting to Southend on Sea, in Essex, England from studios in The Icon Building on Southend Seafront, owned by the Adventure Radio Group. It merged in 2015 with Chelmsford Radi ...

, with whom

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approved a co-location arrangement for Dream to move its studios to the Southend complex. On 2 February 2009 the station re-launched as Chelmsford Radio. Chelmsford Radio shared its programming and resources with Southend Radio as well as Connect FM in Peterborough and Northamptonshire. The 'Essex Action' feature was a community service designed to help local groups and charities with publicity and also with appeals for volunteers. The service was coordinated by the Southend Association of Volunteers (SAVS) with their counterparts across the county contributing items for broadcast. On 6 June 2013 Chelmsford Radio and sister station

launched on DAB under the singular service Radio Essex. The original DAB only Radio Essex was broadcast on the Essex DAB mux and could be heard in many places across the county where Chelmsford Radio couldn't, including

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, and

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(

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). In February 2015 it was announced that Chelmsford Radio, along with Southend Radio and Radio Essex, would be relaunched as one single station known as

. The new station launched on 23 March 2015 on 105.1 FM, 107.7 FM, and on DAB.

Slogans

"Just Great Songs for Essex"

Technical

Chelmsford Radio was broadcast on 107.7

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from a mobile phone mast at Church Green in the village

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. Before 2002 the station output was broadcast from a transmitter close to the A414 in Danbury. The 107.7 signal could be received as far away as Basildon, Ongar, Braintree and Colchester.

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Chelmsford Radio

Media UK

Radio Today - Southend and Chelmsford Radio to merge
{{Tindle Radio stations in Essex Radio stations established in 1998 City of Chelmsford

History

Slogans

Technical

See also

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