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| Broadcast area | Wigan and St Helens |
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| Owner | Bauer Radio |
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| Website | wishfm |
Wish FM is a British Independent Local Radio that serves the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside. The station takes its name from the initials WIgan and St Helens.
The station broadcasts on 102.4 FM from a transmitter, powered by a wind generator, sited on Billinge Hill, St. Helens, Merseyside and has been on air since 1 April 1997.
It was the first licence applied for and won by Tony Dewhurst and Jeff Graham of the recently formed Independent Radio Group.
The broadcasting studio is located in the Orrell, Wigan, but in early 2007, the station's owners approached UK media regulator Ofcom to ask permission to move the station's base to Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, as part of a plan to share a single building with two other stations from the UTV Radio group: Tower FM and Wire FM. However, after selling-off Stockport-based Imagine FM, UTV Media (now Wireless Group) decided to keep Wish FM in Orrell, and moved Wire FM and Tower FM into the Orrell base.
Programming
Local programming is produced and broadcast from Wish FM's Orrell studios from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 6am-6pm on Saturdays and 8am-12pm on Sundays with additional programming for local sports coverage.
News and Sport
Wish FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6 am to 6 pm on weekdays, from 8 am to 1 pm on Saturdays and from 8 am to 12 pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows.[1] The station also simulcasts hourly Sky News Radio bulletins at all other times.
Wish FM also covers sport heavily with full, live match commentaries on every Wigan Athletic league game[2] and Wigan Warriors and St Helens R.F.C. matches in the Super League.[3]
References
- ^ Wish FM public file
- ^ "Latics & Wish FM Relaunch Broadcast Partnership". wiganlatics.co.uk. Wigan, UK: Wigan Athletic. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Wish FM Brings SL Back to the Airwaves". wiganwarriors.com. Wigan, UK: Wigan Warriors. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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