Kiss 105-108
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| Broadcast area | East of England |
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| Frequency | 105.6 MHz FM (Cambridge) 106.4 MHz FM (North Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk & Cambridgeshire) 106.1 MHz FM (Mid & East Norfolk/North Suffolk) 107.7 MHz FM (Peterborough) DAB Digital Radio (Cambridge, Norwich & Peterborough) |
| First air date | September 6, 2006 |
| Format | Dance / Urban / R & B |
| Audience share | 4.8% (March 2008, [1]) |
| Owner | Kiss Network, Bauer Radio |
| Website | Total Kiss |
Kiss 105-108 is the East of England's regional radio station broadcast from Reflection House, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, broadcasting dance music and R'n'B across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and North Essex.
Kiss 105-108 was previously known as Vibe 105-108 or Vibe FM which ran successfully from November 22, 1997 until relaunched on September 6, 2006 as part of the Kiss network alongside sister station Vibe 101 in Bristol (which became Kiss 101 on the same date) and Kiss 100, London.
All three Kiss stations started to carry the new Kiss logo, and the core music genre became more balanced between dance and urban. Both Kiss 105-108 and Kiss 101 retained some shows and DJs who previously presented under the Vibe brand, but now offer shows that are simulcast by one DJ across all three stations including international high profile DJs such as Carl Cox, Armin Van Buuren and John Digweed.
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[edit] Frequencies
FM
The station broadcasts on 106.4 MHz (FM Mendlesham 20 kW and the strongest signal by far which can be heard in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire), 106.1 MHz FM (Stoke Holy Cross, near Norwich), 105.6 MHz FM (Madingley, near Cambridge), and 107.7 MHz FM (Gunthorpe; a district of Peterborough). Kiss 105-108 can also sometimes be heard across Lincoln, South Essex even the edge of Bedfordshire and Greater London although not officially serving these areas.
DAB
Kiss 105-108 currently broadcasts in DAB format to Cambridge, Norwich and Peterborough.
Internet
The station is streamed in the Windows Media format at Total Kiss or directly in Windows Media format at www.whatson.com/Kiss105 a website owned by Bauer Radio.
[edit] History
The station was founded by the Essex Radio Group, who at the time owned a handful of local radio stations, the largest being Essex FM. Shortly after the group was bought by Daily Mail and in 1998 acquired by DMGT.
In 2000, the Essex Radio Group concern of DMGT was purchased by the GWR Group, (now known as GCap Media following their merger with Capital Radio Group plc in May 2005) in a joint venture with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH). At this point in time the GWR group also acquired Galaxy 101 (Renamed to Vibe 101) from the Chrysalis media group (now owned by Global Radio), extending the Vibe brand to South Wales and the West. For ownership reasons, the two Vibe stations were 'owned' by Vibe Radio Holdings, a company invented by and jointly owned by GWR and SRH. Scottish Radio Holdings bought both Vibe stations outright from GWR in 2003.
In June 2005 the EMAP group acquired SRH. Emap was then bought by Bauer in January 2008.
[edit] Presenters
Stuart Grant , "Kaz" Karen Carter , "Thomsta" Nathan Thomas , Nikki Elise , Michael Lewis , Chappers , Ric Groves , Ray Keith , Sean Scott
Programme manager: Glen White
[edit] Audience figures
2007 quarter 2 RAJAR figures showed Kiss 105-108 increasing its listeners to 273,000 listening for an average 7.6 hours per week (the best in the Kiss group) giving the station a healthy 4.6% market share. Also in this quarter the flagship show "Kiss Breakfast with Stuart Grant" posted its highest figures in nearly three years (141,000) up 13%.
2007 quarter 3 RAJAR figures gain once again with listeners climbing to 281,000 and average hours remaining at a generous 7.6 per week (the second longest dance station hours in the entire U.K.) giving a market share of 4.96%. Both the Kiss breakfast show and the mid morning show beat their last remaining local rival making every Kiss weekday show from 6am to 9pm commercial market leader. Successes also continued in the Friday evening schedule where the specialist shows, as well as being commercial market leaders have all beaten Radio 1 for the first time.
Kiss 105-108 remains the most listened to commercial radio station in the East of England.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Kiss 105-108 FM Official web site
- Media UK
- Kiss 105-108 Breakfast Team (Official)
- Gunthorpe transmitter
- Madingley transmitter
- Mendlesham transmitter
- Stoke Holy Cross transmitter.
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