102 Touch FM was an
Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the town of
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...
and much of the counties of
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
The Cotswolds and the surrounding area in the south of the
English Midlands.
History
The station, which launched in 1996 as FM102 The Bear and was later known as The Bear 102, was taken over by
Cumbria-based
CN Group in 2001 and relaunched, along with
Kix 96 in
Coventry, as Touch FM on 16 January 2006.
In June 2009, the
Touch Radio Network of stations (together with
Rugby FM
107.1 Rugby FM was an Independent Local Radio station in Warwickshire. At the time of closure, it was owned and operated by Quidem and broadcast from studios at Honiley, Warwickshire.
History
Under the directorship of Martin Mumford, 107.1 Rug ...
) were purchased from
CN Group by Quidem Midlands Limited. 102 Touch Radio was then re-branded to 102 Touch FM.
In March 2011, Touch FM and Quidem were nominated for two
Sony Radio Academy Awards – "The First Break Show" in the Best Specialist Music programme category and the "Coventry Blitz Special" in the Best News Special categor
The station won the
Radio Academy Nations & Regions Award for the Midlands Station of the Year in 2012-13 and 2013–14 and was nominated for the
Sony Radio Academy Awards Station of the Year in 2013. Touch FM's Pride of Stratford Awards won the
Arqiva Commercial Radio marketing award in 2012.
In September 2019, Quidem announced it had entered a brand licensing agreement with Global, citing financial losses. Two months later, following permission from regulator,
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
to change the station's format, it was confirmed Touch FM (Stratford-upon-Avon) would merge with its Quidem-owned sister stations and launch as
Capital Mid-Counties
Capital Mid-Counties is a regional radio station owned by and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, south Staffordshire, the Cotswolds and north Oxfordshire.
The station la ...
on 2 December 2019.
Global confirms Capital FM to replace Quidem stations
Radio Today, 27 November 2019
Local output for the Mid-Counties region consists of a three-hour regional Drivetime show on weekdays, alongside localised news bulletins, traffic updates and advertising. Touch FM ceased broadcasting at 7pm on Friday 29 November 2019.
See also
*Banbury Sound
Banbury Sound was an Independent Local Radio station serving the Banbury and Brackley areas of north Oxfordshire. At the time of closure, it was owned and operated by Quidem and broadcast from studios at Honiley, Warwickshire.
History
Banbury S ...
*Touch Radio (Coventry)
96.2 Touch FM was a local radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire, in the West Midlands, England. The station broadcast from studios at Honiley, near Kenilworth, on 96.2 FM and online.
History
The station originally launched as Radio H ...
*Touch Radio (Warwick)
107.3 Touch FM was an independent local radio station broadcasting to the Warwick, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth areas of Warwickshire.
History
OFCOM awarded the Warwick licence to the CN Group in January 2006 for their 2-Day FM application. Ho ...
*Touch Radio (Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth)
Touch FM was an independent local radio station broadcasting to Burton, Lichfield, Tamworth and South Derbyshire, England.
Centre FM
Centre FM was created as the result of work by the Tamworth Community Radio Association. It was formed in ...
*107.1 Rugby FM
107.1 Rugby FM was an Independent Local Radio station in Warwickshire. At the time of closure, it was owned and operated by Quidem and broadcast from studios at Honiley, Warwickshire.
History
Under the directorship of Martin Mumford, 107.1 Rug ...
References
External links
102 Touch FM Website
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Radio stations in Warwickshire
Radio stations established in 1996
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