Hereward FM

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102.7 Hereward FM

Broadcast area	Peterborough and Cambridgeshire
First air date	July 10, 1980
Frequency	102.7 MHz and DAB
Format	Contemporary
Owner	GCap Media
Website	www.hereward.co.uk

Hereward FM is the Independent Local Radio station for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. Launched on July 10th 1980, Hereward Radio 225 was the first local service in the area, with the station's studio originally based in the back of a former pub in Bridge Street, before relocating to the Queensgate Shopping Centre in 1987.

1 History of Hereward FM
2 Today on the Station
3 Morbourne Mast Collapse
4 Gunthorpe Mast Array
5 The Presenters
6 External links

[edit] History of Hereward FM

To begin with, they broadcast on 95.7MHz and 225 metres/1332kHz. Following the reorganisation of the FM broadcast band, they've been on 102.7 since around 1987/1988, with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire using the former frequency for the Peterborough area.

The radio station is currently owned by Gcap Media, having been previously bought by GWR in 1995 from its original management, Mid-Anglia Radio plc.

Notable personalities from the past include the current GCAP CEO Ralph Bernard, the original News Editor of Hereward Radio.

[edit] Today on the Station

Nowadays, separate programming is provided on the old AM frequency of 1332kHz, under the name of Classic Gold. All programming, on Classic Gold, is networked apart from the weekday drivetime show. Hereward originally split it's AM and FM frequencies in April 1992, and called it's 1332kHz AM service 'WGMS - The Worlds Greatest Music Station'.

Hereward FM broadcasts "More Music Variety" including pop and rock from the 1980s, through to todays hits.

[edit] Morbourne Mast Collapse

In October of 2004, the 153metre Morbourne mast near Peterborough collapsed after a fire (circumstances are/were suspicious), taking Hereward's DAB service off air, along with the national and local BBC services. A new mast has subsequently been erected.

[edit] Gunthorpe Mast Array

Herewards main FM transmitting antenna array is at the top of the Gunthorpe mast. The station has an effective radiated power of 4kW, and in good conditions can be heard as far as Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.