Hallam FM
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| City | Sheffield |
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| Broadcast area | South Yorkshire |
| Slogan | Your Music, Your Life |
| Frequency |
FM: 97.4 MHz (Sheffield) 102.9 MHz (Barnsley and Rotherham) 103.4 MHz (Doncaster) RDS: HALLAM DAB: 11C |
| First air date | 1 October 1974 |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Audience share | 10.7% (June 2014, RAJAR) |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations |
Hallam 2 Hallam 3 |
| Webcast | Hallam FM Radioplayer |
| Website | planetradio.co.uk/hallam/ |
Hallam FM is an independent local radio station serving South Yorkshire from studios in Sheffield. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's City 1 network of stations.
The station started broadcasting on 1548 kHz/194m AM, 95.2 and 95.9 MHz FM under the name of Radio Hallam from its studios at Hartshead in Sheffield City Centre on 1 October 1974. The first presenter heard on air was ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Johnny Moran - the first record he played was I've Got the Music in Me by Kiki Dee, which stuck after a minute and a half.
In 1987, Radio Hallam merged with neighbouring Yorkshire stations Pennine Radio in Bradford and Viking Radio in Hull to form the now-defunct Yorkshire Radio Network. Currently, Hallam FM shares some weekend programming and news material with Radio Aire in Leeds.
The frequencies were changed during the 1980s to 96.1 FM for Rotherham, 97.4 FM for Sheffield, 102.9 FM for Barnsley, and 103.4 for the rest of South Yorkshire. After a take-over of the parent company YRN by the Metro Radio Group, the AM frequency became Great Yorkshire Gold. The Rotherham transmitter was turned off in the 1990s as part of Hallam's licence agreement and is now used by Rother FM. Hallam also moved its studio facilities to 900 Herries Road, just minutes from Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground. The office space at Hartshead is now used by the Sheffield Star newspaper.
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