Sunshine 1530 (formerly Sunshine Gold, Sunshine Radio, Classic Hits 954 & 1530, Classic Gold 954/1530 AM, Wyvern AM and Radio Wyvern) was a radio station which broadcast to

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and

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on 1530 and 954 kHz

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from studios in

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History

The station started life as

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on both FM and AM in 1982. On 5 February 1996 the station split into Wyvern FM, playing newer music, and Wyvern AM which was essentially a gold service. The AM station was then rebranded as

Classic Gold Classic Gold was a network of three "Gold" music formatted stations which broadcast on AM in Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. They were the sister stations of Pennine Radio, Viking Radio and Radio Hallam respectively and they were part of the Yo ...

to fit in with the rest of the group's AM stations. Soon afterwards, it was sold to Muff Murfin of Murfin Music International as the station overlapped with neighbouring

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. Some time later, it was rebranded as Classic Hits, and became a full-fledged local service with no links to either Wyvern FM or the Classic Gold network. In 2007,

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 ...

relaunched the station as Sunshine Radio. After Laser went bust, it was purchased by Murfin Media. On 6 April 2010, it was announced that the station would close following a failed transfer of ownership details. Presenters at the time of closure included: Steve Heywood, Nigel Snow, Dave Webb, Paul Masters and Liam Cash. The studios still remain in operation at the original site in Cotheridge, Worcester, serving as backup studios for the remaining Sunshine Radio stations on 855 kHz for Shropshire and Herefordshire and Monmouthshire stations. The original transmission mast has recently been demolished. The Transmitter building itself still stands adjacent to the studio building, however the transmitter has since been sold and removed.

References

External links

Sunshine Radio websiteSunshine 1530 temporary websiteSunshine 1530's Media UK entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunshine 1530 Former British radio networks Radio stations established in 1982 Radio stations in Worcestershire Radio stations in Herefordshire Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom 1982 establishments in England

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