Murfin Music International
| Media | |
| Industry | Broadcasting |
| Headquarters | Kempsey, Worcestershire, England |
| Products | Local radio, radio jingles |
| Website | murfinmusic.com |
Murfin Music International and Murfin Media are companies run by Muff Murfin, and are based at The Old Smithy Studios in Kempsey, Worcestershire, England.
Murfin owns several radio stations in the UK, and also hires time at its studios to produce jingles for radio. Murfin, with his then music partner, Colin Owen, were billed as the M and O Band, and reached No. 16 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1976 with "Let's Do the Latin Hustle". The track was a cover version of the original recorded in 1975 by Eddie Drennon and B.B.S. Unlimited.
Muff Murfin trained originally as a teacher in the 1960s, but he has been involved in the music industry in a variety of ways since his teens. His first taste of the radio business was when he entered BBC Radio Birmingham's "DJ for a day" competition.
In 1981, Murfin was a member of the consortium that won the IBA franchise for Hereford and Worcester, and served as a director and consultant for Radio Wyvern during its early years. In 1993, Murfin took over the troubled Birmingham incremental station Buzz FM. In 1994, he purchased Radio Harmony in Coventry, and re-launched the station as KiX 96. The station became part of the community, involving itself with education, media training and charity fundraising.
Murfin was a director and founder shareholder of The Bear 102 in Stratford-upon-Avon. The station started broadcasting in 1996. He was part of the experienced and prudent management team, that never had to resort to using overdraft facilities and that enhanced shareholder value by a multiplier of 42 over a five-year period. The Bear was later sold to the CN Group in 2001.
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