Sunset 102 was an Incremental radio station, a new type of station licensed by the

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in 1989. It was the first of a series of licenses awarded by the IBA in areas already served by an

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station. Each station had to offer output not already available on ILR, such as specialist music or unique programmes for a specific section of the community.

History

Sunset 102 went into liquidation in October 1993. In May of the same year, the

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made a decision to prematurely terminate Sunset's licence, apparently accusing the station of providing inaccurate information about its financial and management affairs. In August 1993, the station reportedly had its transmission facilities withdrawn by NTL for non-payment. Following a brief return to the air, the liquidator was called in and the station fell silent. The liquidator was later to re-apply on behalf of Sunset Radio for its re-advertised licence - but lost out to

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, who proposed another dance music format. Faze used the name

Kiss 102 Kiss 102 was a dance music radio station based in Manchester, England. History The frequency was originally issued to Sunset 102 Radio - The Kickin FM but that suffered some financial problems. In May 1993, the Radio Authority made a decisio ...

for their station which they licensed from London station

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. It was later sold to Chrysalis Radio and re-branded to Galaxy 102. Their owners were then bought by

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and the station became part of the Galaxy Network. On 3 January 2011, Galaxy, along with Global's Hit Music Network and several other stations were all rebranded to form the

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network. Other than the weekday drivetime shows and local news, the majority of Capital's output is networked from London.

Relaunch

At 7am on Monday 12 October 2015 the station relaunched as The New Sunset Radio streaming on the internet and DAB Digital radio, in the Manchester area, as part of a 9-month trial that includes several other stations. The output is similar with many of the original DJs including

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, Steve Quirk and Audrey L. Hall.

Sunset DJs/presenters

*Ray Rose *Pete Baker *Duncan Smith *Steve Quirk *Jagger & Woody *Mix Factory (Higgy, Mark XTC, Dave Pullen, Keith Biggs, Stubby) *Andy Wiz*** *Hacienda DJs (Dave Rofe,Pete Robinson) *Mike Lewis *Hewan Clarke *Dave Mason *Massey & Frankie Shields *Simon M *

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*DJ Leaky Fresh *

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Liam Howlett Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy, and an occasional DJ. Early years Howlett was born in Braintree, Essex, Eng ...

*Sami B * Paul Hollins *Deval * Greg Edwards *Paul Harvey *Cousin Matty *Laney D *Clash - DJ Carlos (Renegade FM), DJ Jay Warden, DJ Moggy, JFMC (MC) *Larry Benji *DJ Clarkee

References

External links

Manchester Evening News articleNew Sunset Radio website

Sunset Radio returns to Manchester on DABSunset 102 The Kickin FM group on FacebookYouTube Channel dedicated to archiving all available Sunset 102 broadcasts

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