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| Broadcast area | Cornwall, United Kingdom |
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| Branding | Atlantic FM - More Music, More Cornwall |
| Frequency | 105.1 and 107 MHz |
| First air date | 6 July 2006 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Audience share | 3.9% (September 2007, [1]) |
| Owner | Atlantic Broadcasting Ltd |
| Website | www.atlantic.fm |
Atlantic FM, is a radio station based in and serving Cornwall, United Kingdom. The station, owned by Atlantic Broadcasting Ltd, began broadcasting on July 6, 2006 at 0730 BST, and is broadcast from St Agnes. The station, aimed at 25 to 54 year olds, mainly plays Adult Contemporary music, and features national and local news and information, including surf reports for Cornish towns and locations such as Newquay and Polzeath on the North Cornwall coast, and Whitsand Bay on the South Cornwall coast. The station can be found on 105.1 and 107.0 FM, and there is also a live stream on Atlantic's website. 107 FM is transmitted from the Redruth transmitting station, and 105.1 FM from the Caradon Hill transmitting station The Tindle Radio Group own a 47% share of Atlantic FM. The remainder is owned by "Camel Media", a partnership of local investors, together with the station's Chairman Richard Eyre. Atlantic FM carries live programming every day until midnight, with Automated Programmes. overnight. All programmes are produced locally at the station's brand new studios overlooking the Atlantic ocean at St Agnes on the North Cornish coast. The Atlantic FM News team produces live local news bulletins throughout daytime output seven days a week, 365 days a year. On weekdays it also produces "The Pulse" at 1250 & 1750. This is a 10 minute news show including local and national coverage, plus entertainment news, sport, surf conditions and local weather. The station has a higher proportion of speech than many ILR services, typically averaging between 35% and 40% during weekday daytime programmes. Speech comprises topical and entertainment features, interviews, and information from across Cornwall.
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Current Schedule
Monday - Thursday
- 5am - 10am: The Full Cornish Breakfast with Tim Ley
- 10am - 3pm: The Cornwall Workday with Robin Parris, including Lovecornwall.com
- 3pm - 7pm: The Home Run with Matt Bunt
- 7pm - 9pm: The Breeze
- 9pm - 12am: Late Night Live with Nigel Barker
Friday
- 5am - 10am: The Full Cornish Breakfast with Tim Ley
- 10am - 3pm: The Cornwall Workday with Robin Parris, including Lovecornwall.com
- 3pm - 6pm: The Home Run with Matt Bunt
- 6pm - 7pm: Thank Cornwall it's Friday
- 7pm - 9pm: The Breeze
- 9pm - 12am: Late Night Live with Nigel Barker
Saturday
- 6am - 10am: The Weekend Wakeup with Ian Polmear
- 10am - 2pm: The Giant Jukebox with Tim Ley
- 2pm - 6pm: The Saturday Takeover with Tony Townsend
- 6pm - 9pm: Club Classics with Matt Tidbull
- 9pm - 12am: The Ocean Soul Sessions with Robin Parris
Sunday
- 6am - 10am: The Full Cornish Breakfast with Laura Campbell
- 10am - 2pm: Ian Polmear
- 2pm - 7pm: The Sunday Selector with Matt Bunt
- 7pm - 9pm: The Breeze on Sunday
- 9pm - 12am: Sunday Night Live with Dean Moore
Alternative Programming
- The Breeze - Relaxing and laid back music. The Sunday edition of the show is also advert and interruption free.
- Late Night Live - Alternative and eclectic music, with an emphasis on intelligent local speech content.
- Club Classics - Dance based party music
- The Ocean Soul Sessions - Funky and Soulful music, featuring regular guests.
Lovecornwall.com
Lovecornwall.com was launched as a show, every day between 2pm & 3pm in September 2006. The show would be live from a location in Cornwall each day with interviews and local, topical content. In October 2007 Lovecornwall.com was re-launched as part of "The Cornwall Workday". Each day a reporter is out in the "Atlantic Wave", one of the station's promotional vehicles. They are then in a location in Cornwall performing a link into each hour between 10am and 3pm. The interviewee also get a selection of a song as well.
Presenters
The current presenter line up includes:
- Matthew Bunt
- Dean Moore
- Tim Ley
- Nigel Barker
- Ian Polmear
- Robin Parris
- Tony Townsend
- Laura Campbell
- Matt Tidbull
- Gus Honeybun
"Out and about" reporters/presenters (Atlantic Wave Promotional Vehicle)
- Vicky Nash
- Digby Reed
- Matt Tidbull
- Dean Moore
- Tom Osborne
Journalists
- Jamie Reed
- Chris Lawrence
- Dan Jones
- Emma Williams
- Nina Saada
- Kimberly Middleton
- Sarah Morcom
Management
The management team consists of:
- Matt Bunt - Assistant Programme Controller
- Jamie Reed - News Editor
- Dan Jones - Deputy News Editor
Promotional Vehicles
Atlantic FM has a number of promotional vehicles:
Current Vehicles
- The Atlantic Wave - A large 4x4 vehicle.
- 7 Branded BMW Minis
- Damerell's Travel Bike - A motorbike for travel reports
- 1 Branded Citroen C4 News Car
Previous Vehicles
- Scoopy Doo - A branded Ice Cream Van used for Summer 2007. Originally purchased as part of the Full Cornish Breakfast, when co-presenter Dean Moore has given £1000 and told to buy his co-host Jane Friggens a company vehicle.
- The Giant Yellow Monster Truck - Used for the "Millers Toymaster Christmas Challenge" in December 2006.
- Cessna 172 Aircraft - Used for traffic reports on at least 2 occasions in Summer 2006.
Contact Details
Atlantic FM solicits for listener interaction throughout the shows by various means.
- Phone - 01872 554466
- SMS - 07624 807107
- Email though the website
- Postal
Atlantic FM is also unique in Cornwall, as being the only commercial radio station that offers a local phone number, and a non-premium rate SMS service.
External links
- Atlantic FM - Station Website
- Lovecornwall.com Lovecornwall.com
- OFCOM Atlantic FM's licence format with Ofcom.
