Radio Plymouth - Ofcom Licensing

RADIO PLYMOUTH
LONDON MEDIA COMPANY LIMITED
• LMC was established in January 2004 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunrise Radio
Limited as the vehicle for its entry into mainstream English language broadcasting.
• LMC currently operates Time FM 106.8 in South-East London, Time FM 107.3 covering the
London boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark, Time FM 107.5 in Romford, and Star FM
106.6 serving Slough, Maidenhead and Windsor, together with Easy Radio London on DAB.
• The company aims to extend its operations through successful applications for new licences
and further acquisition. LMC is the controlling shareholder (alongside local shareholders) in
the recently awarded Torbay licence which will launch in mid 2006 .
• The directors of LMC are Neil Romain and Avtar Lit.
SUNRISE RADIO LIMITED
• Sunrise Group has operated as a successful and profitable ethnic broadcaster in the UK for
over 15 years. Its mainstay Sunrise Radio, broadcasting on the analogue 1458 kHz AM
frequency to Greater London, has also been available for much of its life on satellite (initially
on the Astra satellite and latterly on the Sky platform). It has also recently launched its
Kismat format in Greater London on the 1035 kHz frequency.
• The company has made a substantial commitment to and investment in digital radio, and
operates six DAB services with its Sunrise format, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London,
Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton; and four under its new Yarr (Young Asian
Radio) format, in Bradford, Coventry, Wolverhampton and London.
• Through its majority shareholder the company also operates radio stations in Sri Lanka and
Mauritius. It also has a number of non-radio interests.
• Sunrise Group is ultimately controlled by Avtar Lit and other family interests. The directors of
the company are Avtar Lit, Tony Lit, Shammy Batra and Ravi Jain.
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