Kiss 105 was a dance music radio station based in

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. It was part of a new breed of regional radio stations as opposed to

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History

The station was launched at and the first track played was 'I Like It (Lisa Marie Vocal Experience)' by

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. Its parent company,

Faze FM Faze FM Radio Ltd was the owner of two dance music radio stations in the North of England. It operated Kiss 102 in Manchester and Kiss 105 in Yorkshire from 1994 to 1997 before being taken over by Chrysalis Group. History Faze FM Radio Ltd w ...

won the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Radio licence. Faze already operated

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who owned London's

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gave Faze permission to license the name. Later in 1997, both stations were sold to

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who then rebranded the stations as

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as the brand licence required them to relinquish the name.

Technical

A total of four transmitters were used to cover the whole of

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. The

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is served by 105.8,

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by 105.6,

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by 105.6 and a general Yorkshire

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on 105.1 FM. The studios were based at Joseph's Well, Hanover Walk, Park Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire and are still used for

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. Some of the programmes were shared with the Manchester station.

DJs/presenters

* BamBam * Tony Fisher * Rob Tissera * Jo-Jo (Now at

- part of Capital Yorkshire Drivetime alongside Adam O’Neill, weekdays 4-7pm )
Alex Pepper

Graeme Park
* Jez Willis * David Dunne
Andi Durrant
* Anthony Collins * James Blessing * Sara Fellows (News) * Lisa Moskaluk (News) * John-Paul Glover (aka JP) * Jay Smith * Nemone Metaxas * Ambient Alliance aka Ste p & DjayH (Drum And Bass Show)

References

External links

Marketing Mix Profile: Gordon McNamee Managing director of KISSNemone's Biography
{{Kiss Network Dance radio stations Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio stations established in 1997 Radio stations in Yorkshire