Kiss 101
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| Broadcast area | West of England, South Wales |
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| Frequency | 101 MHz DAB Digital Radio – (Digital One 11D) |
| Repeater(s) | 97.2 MHz (Central Bristol) |
| First air date | 6 September 2006 |
| Format |
Dance R&B Hip Hop |
| Audience share | 5.7% (December 2012, [1]) |
| Owner | Kiss Network, Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations | Kiss 100, Kiss 105-108 |
| Webcast | http://radioplayer.kissfmuk.com/live/ |
| Website | www |
Kiss 101 is a radio station in Bristol broadcasting out to South Wales and West of England playing Dance music, R&B and Hip Hop. It now forms part of a national Kiss station, which also includes Kiss 105-108 (East Anglia) and Kiss 100 (London) and is owned by Bauer Radio.
The station originally started broadcasting as a pirate radio station called For The People or FTP, which secured a legal licence to broadcast to the city of Bristol in 1990 on 97.2 MHz FM. However, after only a year on air, it was acquired by the Chiltern Radio Group and was renamed Galaxy 97.2. Chiltern's Paul Chantler then became the station's programme director and chief executive.
On 4 September 1994, the group won the UK's first regional licence and Bristol's Galaxy 97.2 became Galaxy 101, broadcasting to an area stretching from Swansea in Wales through Bristol and south into Somerset on 101.0 MHz FM. Since reception quality of the new service was poor in central Bristol, the station was permitted by the Radio Authority to retain its 97.2 transmitter, which beforehand was considered an entirely separate licence.
In October 1995, the station became part of Chrysalis plc, who invested £1 million in Galaxy 101.
Galaxy 101 was sold to GWR Group and Scottish Radio Holdings in 2002 and rebranded Vibe 101, but this purchase was subsequently vetoed by the Competition Commission over concerns regarding control of the Bristol radio advertising market. The Commission ordered GWR to sell their stake, which was bought by Scottish Radio Holdings later that year. In July 2005, Scottish Radio Holdings was in turn taken over by the Emap group, owners of the Kiss brand that Galaxy 102 and Galaxy 105 were formerly licensed to use.
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