Radio Plymouth - Ofcom Licensing

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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. 12
RADIO PLYMOUTH SUNRISE GROUP UK BROADCASTING INTERESTS Licence Holding TSA Broadcast Area Platform Sunrise Radio Limited Al-156 100% 10,435,000 Greater London AM Analogue Sunrise Radio Limited DP-006 100% 10,435,000 Greater London DAB Digital Sunrise Radio Birmingham DP-006 100% 2,006,000 Birmingham DAB Digital Sunrise Radio Coventry DP-006 100% 647,000 Coventry DAB Digital Sunrise Radio Edinburgh DP-006 100% 1,118,000 Edinburgh DAB Digital Sunrise Radio Glasgow DP-006 100% 1,834,000 Glasgow DAB Digital Sunrise Radio Wolverhampton DP-006 100% 1,279,000 Wolverhampton DAB Digital Kismat Radio London AL-160 100% 10,435,000 Greater London AM Analogue YARR Bradford DP-006 100% 776,000 13 Bradford / Huddersfield DAB Digital YARR Coventry DP-006 100% 647,000 Coventry DAB Digital YARR London DP-006 100% 10,435,000 London DAB Digital YARR Wolverhampton DP-006 100% 1,279,000 Wolverhampton DAB Digital Bradford City Radio Limited AL-037 33% 486,000 Bradford FM Analogue Bradford City Radio Limited DP-061 33% 776,000 Tristar Broadcasting Limited AL-148 100% 220,000 Bradford & Huddersfield Slough/ Maidenhead DAB Digital FM Analogue Time FM 106.8 Limited AL-040 100% 484,000 Thamesmead FM Analogue Time FM 107.3 Limited AL-219 100% 302,000 Lewisham / SE London FM Analogue Time FM 107.5 Limited AL-216 100% 374,000 Havering FM Analogue Easy Radio London Limited DP-006 100% 10,435,000 Greater London DAB Digital Palm FM Limited not onair 60% 200,000 Torbay FM Analogue Sunrise is also available on Sky Channel 883 and Telewest and NTL cable networks Kismat Radio is also available on Sky Channel 923; Yarr Radio is also available on Sky Channel 937
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