SouthWest Radio Ltd (or SWR) owned and operated radio stations in
Wiltshire
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and
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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in the
South West of England
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. The company was founded in 2008 and was based in
Exeter,
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...
in the United Kingdom.
Stations owned
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Bath FM
Bath FM was a local independent radio station based at the former Weston railway station in Bath, England. The station was launched in November 1999 and closed on 24 March 2010.
The station broadcast to an area with a population of 104,000. I ...
which serves
Bath.
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Brunel FM
Sam FM Swindon was a commercial radio station based in Swindon, England, broadcasting on the 107.7 FM frequency.
The station was formed by The Local Radio Company, who wanted to create a local radio rival to GWR FM (now Heart). It started in ...
which serves
Swindon/
North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bas ...
.
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QuayWest 107.4 which serve
Bridgwater.
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QuayWest 102.4fm which serves
West Somerset
West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The council covered a largely rural area, with a population of 34,900 in an area of ; it was the least populous non- unitary district in England. According to f ...
.
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107.5 3TR FM which serves
Warminster
Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-c ...
,
Westbury &
Frome
Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. The town is built on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, and centres on the River Frome. The town, about south of Bath, is the largest in the Mendip d ...
.
History
In early August 2009, South West Radio
went into administration
As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry on ...
after it was declared insolvent, less than a year after Bath FM's previous owner,
Laser Broadcasting
Laser Broadcasting was a commercial radio operator based in Darlington in County Durham, England, which was active between 2002 and 2008.
History
The group was founded in 2002 by Nigel Reeve—one of the launch directors of Classic FM and one-t ...
, went under. Insolvency practitioners Kirk Hills were put in charge of looking for a buyer in order to safeguard the stations' futures.
The owner of another local radio group,
Star Radio Cheltenham, took the licences over and rebranded to Total Star.
References
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External links
South West Radio websiteSWR Media UK listing Bath FM, Brunel FM, 3TR and the 2 Quaywest stations to be sold? Bath FM and Brunel FM receive ‘yellow card’ warningsBath FM in breach of advertising code
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
Mass media in Exeter
Companies based in Exeter