Forward Media is a media company based in Stockport,

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which operated radio stations.

History

Forward Media Ltd was established in 1998 primarily to acquire and operate Lite FM in

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and Connect FM in

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. Forward Media also previously owned Dune FM in

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, which it purchased for £1.8m, but sold the station to

The Local Radio Company The Local Radio Company was a British media company, based in Redruth, Cornwall, that owned ten independent local radio stations in the UK. After takeover talks with UTV Media, UKRD Group and Hallwood Financial, UKRD acquired the majority sha ...

in early September 2004. Connect and Lite were later sold to Adventure Radio.{{cite web , url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901259 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927215855/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901259 , url-status = dead , archive-date = September 27, 2012 , title = Reference to ownership of Lite, Connect and Dune FM , accessdate = 2010-01-22

References

External links

Letter to OFCOM fromForward Media about Community Radio

Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom