| 102.7 Mercury FM | |
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| Broadcast area | Reigate and Crawley |
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| Frequency | 102.7 MHz |
| First air date | October 20, 1984 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Audience share | 12.6% (September 2007, [1]) |
| Owner | GCap Media |
| Website | www.mercuryfm.co.uk |
Radio Mercury (later Mercury FM) is a radio station in the Surrey and Sussex area of the United Kingdom that was founded on the 20th October 1984. It broadcasts on FM 102.7 (97.5FM around the Horsham area).
History
In the 1990s the station merged with rivals County Sound Radio. Mercury then went from playing a broad mix of music to being mainly a Top 40 station, whilst County Sound concentrated more on oldies, news programing and specialist music shows. County Sound was later remanned "Extra AM" and then again was shortly renamed to "Mercury Extra AM" to make the connection between the two stations better known. Further name changes took place in the following years, until the Classic Gold Network took over the AM licence of 1521 Khz.
Presenters
The station has (over the years) included some of the top personalities in British radio. These include Pat Sharp, Ed Stewart, Russ Williams, Ian Davidson, Geoff Aspel and Jon Scragg. Current Presenters include Paul Bunker, Steve Knight, Adam O'Neill, Chris Oxlade and Tony Marks.
