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Northants 96
Northants 96
Currently broadcasting from studios at 19-21 St Edmunds Road Northampton, once part of the mighty Chiltern Radio Group, Northants Radio commenced broadcasting on 30th November 1986.
With sister stations Severn Sound, Horizon and Chiltern, driving up and down the M1 from the South was made exciting by a superb music mix interspersed with probably some of the best radio jingles on the planet from Muff Murfin's Standard Sound and TM of Dallas. Along with it's sister stations, it formed part of the 'Hot FM network' which operated overnight. The FM service operates on 96.6FM from it's Northampton transmitter.
It's first eight years of licence had just concluded in 1994. Further north in the East Midlands, GWR had just taken over Midlands Radio plc. Just one year later, the same treatment landed on the Chiltern Radio Group stations, despite fierce battling from local radio fans and dominant businessmen.
As a result, driving from Derbyshire to the outskirts of London, became a GWR zone. All stations are now part of the mighty GCap Media empire.
Information amended from the excellent Aircheck UK webpage
Northants 96 Jingles
- Chiltern Radio - jingle examples (TM/Standard Sound 1987) some of our favourites