Sunrise Radio Group Limited was a UK radio broadcaster (chairman
Avtar Lit
Avtar Singh Lit (born 1950) is the owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group, He is listed by AIM magazine as one of the "20 most powerful Asians in British media" in 2005, and is said to have amassed a big personal fortune. He was declared bank ...
), and ran Sunrise Radio. The company also used to own London Media Company Limited. In January 2014, Sunrise Radio Limited, owners of Sunrise Radio 1, Sunrise Radio 3, Time 107.5 and Tristar 96.6, fell into
administration
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, and were acquired for an estimated £2m on 4 February 2014.
Stations
The company owned and managed the following radio stations:
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Sunrise Radio
Sunrise Radio is a 24-hour commercial radio station, focusing on entertainment, music and news from the Indian subcontinent. It broadcasts to the Greater London area on 963/972 AM, on DAB (SDL National), and via the internet.
History
Sunrise R ...
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Asia Broadcasting Corporation (Sri Lanka) - Hiru fm, Sha fm, Sun fm, Gold fm, Sooriyan fm.
It also owned 33% of
Sunrise Radio Yorkshire
Former stations
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Punjabi Radio
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Yarr Radio
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South London Radio 107.3
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Time 106.8
These ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations.
The stations that were sold are:
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Time 106.6
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Time 107.5
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Kismat Radio
Kismat Radio was a radio station broadcasting from the Crystal Palace Transmitter in south-east London.
Background
Kismat Radio was part of the Sunrise Radio Group, aimed at an audience of British Asians and South Asian expats aged 30+. Pr ...
Sunrise also formerly owned 65% of Radio Plymouth, but this was sold in March 2013.
107.3 Radio Exe
Radio Exe (formerly Exeter FM) is an independent local radio station based in Exeter, Devon, England.
Presenters
Presenters include Matt Rogers, Neil Walker, Ashley Jeary, Dean Brame, Jamie Taylor, Nino Firetto and Paul Nero. Former presente ...
was also owned by the group until 2011.
Controversies
The company came under investigation for allegedly delaying passing on £160,000 raised for the
Pakistan earthquake in 2005 and the
Indian Ocean tsunami
An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...
in 2004.
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References
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External links
littcorp.com
- Official website of owner Litt Corporation.
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
Former British radio networks