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Star 107.9
Broadcast area	Stroud, Gloucestershire
Frequency	107.3 MHz, 107.9 MHz
Programming
Format	Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	UKRD Group
History
First air date	29 November 1998
Last air date	29 September 2006

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Star 107.9 was a UK Independent Local Radio station centred on the area of Stroud, in Gloucestershire, also broadcasting to other localities including Cirencester, Tetbury and Stonehouse, and Dursley on a 107.3 FM relay (originally 107.2 FM). The station was owned by the UKRD Group, and shared its programme controller, Brody Swain, and managing director Junie Lewis with Star 107.5 in Cheltenham.

History

The station launched in 1998, originally known as "The Falcon". UKRD rebranded the station in 2002 as "Star 107", later becoming "Star 107.9" and then "Star Radio" in late 2005, based in premises in the Brunel Mall on London Road in Stroud.

Closure

The station ceased broadcasting on 29 September 2006 following a decision by UKRD to return the licence to the United Kingdom's broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, Ofcom. UKRD believed that it would be impossible for anyone to make the station profitable, which, according to figures, had been loss-making throughout its entire eight-year history.

The last song played on the station was Boy Meets Girl's "Waiting For a Star to Fall".

The Paul Ellery website, [1] has exclusive footage of the final words spoken on the station, as well as pictures from the last week of the licence.

UKRD had applied to relocate the station to share the same building with nearby sister station Star 107.5 in Cheltenham and to introduce shared programming between the Stroud and Cheltenham stations in daytime hours. While Ofcom cleared the co-location of the two stations, it refused permission for programming sharing between the two stations, believed to be the catalyst for UKRD's decision to close the station altogether. Returning a licence to the broadcasting regulator had, until 21 September 2006, been unprecedented in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Stroud licence tangle at Ofcom". The Guardian. 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
^ "Steve Ackerman: Why a local station had to hand back its licence". The Guardian. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.

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[1] "Stroud licence tangle at Ofcom". The Guardian. 22 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.

[2] "Steve Ackerman: Why a local station had to hand back its licence". The Guardian. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019.

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 The Paul Ellery website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421041354/http://www.birchbarn.co.uk/] has exclusive footage of the final words spoken on the station, as well as pictures from the last week of the licence.
-[[UKRD Group|UKRD]] had applied to relocate the station to share the same building with nearby sister station [[Star 107.5]] in [[Cheltenham]] and to introduce shared programming between the [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] and [[Cheltenham]] stations in daytime hours. While Ofcom cleared the co-location of the two stations, it refused permission for programming sharing between the two stations, believed to be the catalyst for [[UKRD Group|UKRD]]'s decision to close the station altogether. Returning a licence to the broadcasting regulator had, until 21 September 2006, been unprecedented in the United Kingdom.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/22/commercialradio.radio Stroud licence tangle at Ofcom]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/09/commercialradio.mondaymediasection Why a local station had to hand back its licence]</ref>
+[[UKRD Group|UKRD]] had applied to relocate the station to share the same building with nearby sister station [[Star 107.5]] in [[Cheltenham]] and to introduce shared programming between the [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]] and [[Cheltenham]] stations in daytime hours. While Ofcom cleared the co-location of the two stations, it refused permission for programming sharing between the two stations, believed to be the catalyst for [[UKRD Group|UKRD]]'s decision to close the station altogether. Returning a licence to the broadcasting regulator had, until 21 September 2006, been unprecedented in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stroud licence tangle at Ofcom |date=2006-09-22 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018071437/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/22/commercialradio.radio |archive-date=2021-10-18 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/sep/22/commercialradio.radio}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Ackerman: Why a local station had to hand back its licence |date=2006-10-09 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528225457/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/09/commercialradio.mondaymediasection |archive-date=2019-05-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/09/commercialradio.mondaymediasection}}</ref>
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