Total Sense Media (formerly Media Sound Holdings) is a company which was incorporated in 2005 and is based in

Burgess Hill Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It ...

East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Su ...

in the United Kingdom. As of 2015 it operates five radio stations in the South of England, and publishes two magazines. In April 2008, Bright FM in Burgess Hill and 107.7 Splash FM in Worthing merged. The company later purchased Arrow FM and Sovereign FM from

TLRC 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 June 2009. In October 2012, it was announced that the company would merge with

Isle of Wight Radio Isle of Wight Radio is an independent local radio station in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The station began transmitting from Briddlesford Farm AM transmitter on 15 April 1990. Isle of Wight Radio switched to FM in March 1998, its main transmi ...

, alongside its ''Beacon'' magazine, reuniting Arrow FM and Sovereign FM with their former sister station under TLRC. The merger involved the Isle of Wight Radio's shareholders taking shares in Media Sound Holdings, with Claire Willis and Hedley Finn joining the board. It was confirmed that staffing would not be impacted at the station with continued broadcast from the Isle of Wight and no plans for content sharing amongst the stations, though it was stated this may be considered in future for off peak hours. It was announced in December 2015 that the periodical publication ''Sussex Living'', a glossy lifestyle and local news magazine, had been bought by Media Sound Holdings. In April 2016, the group announced it was re-branding its four Sussex radio stations, Arrow FM, Bright FM, Sovereign FM and Splash FM to More Radio. {{cite web , url = http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/04/arrow-bright-sovereign-and-splash-to-rebrand/ , title = Arrow, Bright, Sovereign and Splash to rebrand , accessdate = 2016-04-04

Radio stations

More Radio Hastings More Radio Hastings, formerly Arrow FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Hastings, Bexhill, Battle and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of a netw ...

, formerly Arrow FM, which serves Hastings, Bexhill and Battle * More Radio Mid-Sussex, formerly Bright FM, which serves

Haywards Heath Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawl ...

and

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

More Radio Eastbourne More Radio Eastbourne, formerly Sovereign FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Eastbourne, Hailsham, Polegate and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of ...

, formerly Sovereign FM, which serves Eastbourne and Hailsham *

More Radio Worthing More Radio Worthing (known as Splash FM from 2003 to 2016), is an Independent Local Radio station serving Worthing, Shoreham, Littlehampton and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios at The ...

, formerly Splash FM, which serves Worthing, Littlehampton and

Shoreham by Sea Shoreham-by-Sea (often shortened to Shoreham) is a coastal town and port in West Sussex, England. The town is bordered to its north by the South Downs, to its west by the Adur Valley and to its south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the ...

which serves the Isle of Wight

References

External links

Official Website

media.info entry for Total Sense Media
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom Radio stations in Sussex