Broadcast area | North Nottinghamshire North-East Derbyshire |
---|---|
Slogan | The Home of Great Music |
Frequency | 103.2 MHz FM |
First air date | 1 February 1999 |
Format | Contemporary |
Audience share | 10.4% (September 2013, Rajar listening figures) |
Transmitter coordinates | 53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°WCoordinates: 53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°W |
Owner | Murfin Music International |
Website | Mansfield 103.2 |
Mansfield 103.2 FM is an Independent Local Radio station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, serving the areas of Mansfield and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and nearby Bolsover in Derbyshire.
It was launched in 1999 after winning a licence to broadcast from the Radio Authority in 1998. It is based at the Brunts Business Centre, near the centre of Mansfield, and uses a shared transmitter mast sited at Fishpond Hill, on the outskirts of Mansfield near to Skegby.
Mansfield 103.2's Managing Director is Tony Delahunty and the Managing Editor is Ian Watkins.
The station is Mansfield's only local radio station and is one of the town's major sources of news and sports coverage.
Mansfield 103.2 has a dedicated News & Sport team based at Samuel Brunts Way, staffed by Managing Editor Ian Watkins, broadcast journalists James Brandon, Jason Harrison, Alex Dye & Craig Priest. Each Saturday in the football season, there are regular updates on local games in the area including Mansfield Town, Chesterfield F.C. Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, South Normanton Athletic F.C., Glapwell F.C., Shirebrook Town F.C. and Sutton Town F.C..
Mansfield 103.2 has an outside broadcast unit named Fix Auto Street Crusader. The vehicle is manned by Commercial Producer & Engineer Matt Freeman with an OB team and is used for visits local charities, public events, openings, businesses and services.
Mansfield 103.2 have a dedicated sales team, led by Sales Director Peter Topley, with Paul Chadbourne - the Sales Consultant, followed by Dave Plowright and Kim Waite, both Advertising Executives.