Sunrise Radio is an Asian radio station in Bradford,

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Availability

The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 103.2 FM across Bradford & surrounding areas and on

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and Bradford (which includes Bradford,

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) and

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. A feed is also available worldwide via the station's website. The station is also the first Asian radio station to link up with another station in another country; it partners with Sunrise FM in Pakistan to broadcast a daily show there. Broadcasting mainly to the region's ethnic minority communities, Bradford City Radio Ltd trading as SUNRISE RADIO (Yorkshire) was formally launched on 9 December 1989. * 103.2 FM – Bradford and surrounding areas * Digital Radio – West Yorkshire, Manchester * Online – via Sunrise FM website and other external radio sites * Mobile / Tablet – via Sunrise Radio FM smartphone app and other radio apps. * TV – via Apple TV

Format

Sunrise Radio works closely with local charities and voluntary groups and provides regular "what's on" information. The station also has regular news bulletins through the day and has "News in-focus" at 5 pm, a 15-minute in-depth report. The music policy consists of "Bollywood", "Lollywood", "Bhangra", "Asian Pop", "Qawalis" and "Ghazals".

Background

The station was launched (as

Bradford City Radio Bradford City Radio or BCR as it was also known, was a small radio station in the early 1990s. It used the old Pennine Radio frequency of 103.2 FM to broadcast and was one of the Independent Broadcasting Authority's incremental stations. Broadca ...

) in December 1989 and is the first and only commercial Asian radio station on FM in the UK. The studios are based in Bradford City Centre and the mix of programming aims to take into account the areas diverse population, something that no other radio station in the region has previously attempted. Sunrise Radio was named "Ethnic Media of the Year" in both 2001 and 2002 and was awarded title "Media of the Year" in 2004. Usha Parmar is the

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. Raj Parmar is Events and marketing director. He also runs Spice Entertainment.

Recognitions

* Sunrise Radio a finalist in the "Best in Creative Industries" category at the British Indian Awards * Sunrise Radio – Winner of "Regional Radio Station of the Year" Award at Asian Media Awards 2016 * Sunrise Radio – Winner of the "Best Asian Music Radio Station – Northern UK" by LUX entertainment awards * Sunrise Radio – Best Asian Hit Music Station 2020 – England – Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards

References

* http://sunriseradio.fm/info/how-to-listen/ * http://www.sunriseradio.fm/info/about-sunrise-radio/

External links

* Mass media in Bradford Radio stations in Yorkshire Asian mass media in the United Kingdom British Indian mass media {{UK-radio-station-stub