Ofcom has received five applications for the Torbay FM commercial radio licence. The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly.
They are from local group Palm FM, Riviera Radio (formerlly known as Torbay Local Radio), Torbay 106.8, Tindle-Owned Torbay Radio and Your Radio Torbay.
The full applicants details are:
Palm FM
Palm FM Ltd., 82 Babbacombe Downs Road, Torquay, TQ1 3LU
Contact: Carolyne Jo Corben-Richards. Tel: 01803 310952
Email : cj@palm.fm
A full local service dedicated to listeners in Torbay combining a wide variety of classic and contemporary music together with high-quality, locally-produced news, detailed weather reports, comprehensive traffic & travel and a distinctive range of speech and information features focussed on matters of local interest and relevance.
Riviera Radio
Torbay Local Radio Ltd., Seaway House, Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4LX
Contact: Bob Myers. Tel: 01808 528231
Email : bob@torbaylocalradio.com
Riviera Radio will be a listener focused station reflecting the lives of South Devon with informative speech, information and in-depth local news coverage combined with music from the last 40 years that will engage and entertain listeners.
Torbay FM
Torbay 106.8 FM Limited, 9 Gainsborough Close, Higher Lincombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 2SB
Contact: Derek Sharp. Tel: 01803 201918
Email: studio@radiojingles.com
Torbay 106.8 FM will be a truly local music led station with news, information, sport and features relevant to the Torbay area and a great range of hit music from the last 40 years.
Torbay Radio
Tindle Radio Limited, 3 rd Floor, Northgate House, St Peter?s Street, Colchester, CO1 1HT
Contact: Kevin Stewart. Tel: 01245 493088
Email : kevin.stewart@tindleradio.com
Torbay?s truly local radio station; a broadly appealing full service with news, information and talk centred around everyday life in Torbay.
Your Radio
Your Radio Ltd., Horswell Mews, South Milton, Kingsbridge, TQ7 3JU
Contact: Graham Gilbert. Tel: 07971 969462
Email : graham.gilbert@yourradiotorbay.com
An independent station with a broad appeal devoted to news, information and lifestyle features from an exclusively Torbay perspective; playing classic tracks from the last 50 years and reflecting The Bay?s unique position in Devon life.
Ofcom welcomes the views of the public about the local needs of listeners in this area and the type of service required. Opinions on these issues can either be emailed to commercialradio@ofcom.org.uk or posted to Neil Stock, Head of Radio Planning & Licensing, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. Please mark the envelope ?Torbay?.