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Essex FM

Broadcast area	Essex
Frequency	96. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 3 MHz, 102. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. 6 MHz, 97. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. 5 MHz
First air date	12 September 1981
Format	Contemporary
Audience share	14. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. 2% (March 2008, [1])
Owner	GCap Media
Website	www.essexfm.co.uk

Essex FM is a British commercial radio station. GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. It was originally launched as Essex Radio on September 12, 1981, broadcasting from studios in Southend-on-Sea and since 2004 from Chelmsford, both in Essex. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common It is known throughout the area for its informative and up-to-date content of music and chat. The Essex Radio Group owned and launched several nearby stations, including Ten-17 FM in Harlow in 1993, oldies station Breeze (now Classic Gold Essex) in July 1989, and dance station Vibe FM (now renamed Kiss 105-108) in 1997. Harlow is a New town and local government district in Essex, England. Kiss 105-108 is the East of England 's regional radio station broadcast from Reflection House Bury St Essex FM became part of the GWR Group (now Global Radio) in October 2000 from the Daily Mail and General Trust (who bought the Essex Radio Group in 1998). GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group Global Radio Group is a UK radio company Senior personnel include Charles Allen, Richard Park and Ashley Tabor October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Essex Radio was relaunched as Essex FM in January 1994.

Programme controller Craig Denyer introduced the highly-successful 'Greatest Memories Latest Hits' format in the late eighties. The format was launched on April Fool's day when a number of presenters supposedly went on strike because of their objection to the station's format. Station identification was provided by Airforce (Radio Commercials & Music Production). They were also responsible for the earlier 'Together we can Make it' package.

Essex FM's Creative Team (founded in 1987) helped the station to win numerous awards for radio advertising and soundtracks, including Creative Circle Honours, Independent Radio Advertising Awards and a bronze award in the Sony Awards for 'Now in 1939' a contemporary musical documentary to commemorate World War 2. The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys) started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry Commercial producers included John Calvert (Radio Commercials Producer & Voice Over Artist), Carolyn Rogers, Lisa Rutherford, Scott Young, Chris Slack & Pete Sipple.

Famous presenters on Essex Radio in the 1980s and 1990s included Graham Bannerman, Jon Scragg, Tim Lloyd (Timbo), Keith Rogers, Dave Gregory, John Leech, Peter Holmes, Dave Gilbee, Terry Davis, Paul Lee, Lindsay King, Andy Anderson, Caesar the Boogeyman and many others. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

On October 27, 2004, the station moved from Southend-on-Sea to Chelmsford. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. The 102. 6FM signal comes from Baker's Wood to the west of Chelmsford, 96. 3FM comes from Benfleet, and 97. 5FM comes from Maitland House in central Southend-on-Sea.

Martin Day is the station's most well-known and longest-serving presenter (since 1994), who since July 1996 has presented the station's 5am to 10am breakfast show. He can also be heard on Sunday's Best 80s Show In The World Ever! between 9am and 12pm. Martin began his broadcasting career on LWR thanks to his friend Simon Lee. Since then he has been arrested as a pirate DJ on Radio Jackie and had stints at Chiltern Radio and on KIMN in Ft Collins, Northern Colorado. Martin was regularly the subject of national attention in 1998 after a BBC1 weekly series called Lakesiders (looking at life in and around the shopping centre), partially focussed on life for Martin at Essex FM and away from the microphone.

As well as Martin Day, the station's presenters include Su Harrison (breakfast sidekick and Saturday breakfast co-presenter), Chris Skinner (weekday mornings 1000-1300, and also Saturday hitlist from 1400-1600), Steven Sullivan (Afternoons), Angela Johnson (AJ) (Drivetime), Dominic Atkins (weekday travel man and Saturday breakfast co-host), Alex Williamson (Morning Crew apprentice), Tim Murphy (Late Night Essex and Saturday afternoon presenter), Jay-Louise Knight (Saturday overnights and Martin's co-host on the Sunday am 80s show), and Pete Chapman (Friday overnights). Saturday nights on Essex FM are home to Club Essex, with DJs Mark Elliott, Paul "Kitch" Kitchener and Dan Mills. The show has featured on the station since March 1997, making it one of the longest continuously running dance music shows on UK radio. The roots of the show can even be traced back to 1990 when it was featured in a spot on John Leech's prominent evening show on Essex Radio.

Former logo

Towards the end of 2006, Essex FM started broadcasting newly-sung radio jingles. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. These were made my Reelworld Productions in New York, and are very similar to those of Hallam FM. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Hallam FM is an independent local Radio station broadcasting to South Yorkshire and the North Midlands. In August 2007, Essex FM took the One Network group's jingle package, but retained some of the Reelworld jingles, mixing some cuts of them with the new set.

In March 2007, drivetime presenter James Bassam left Essex FM after 12 years to join Capital Radio in London to do the Early Breakfast. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Drive time is Prime time for Radio Broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up get ready and/or head to work or school and His farewell show was broadcast live from Chicago Rock Cafe in Chelmsford with the entire on-air team joining him to send him off. James was best known for getting a public on-air ticking off from Victoria Beckham in 1999 for insulting her husband David's new haircut and its implications for his business deal with Brylcreem. Victoria happened to be listening that Sunday morning and called James to vent her fury at the presenter.

Essex FM is the only One Network station which has retained most of its local output, opting out of Late Night Love, the Jeremy Kyle Show and the recent proposals to network daytime programming.

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