2008
Several ex- 8 Towns presenters are now on air at 103.6FM Tameside Radio:
Wayne Kay Breakfast Show Monday- Friday 7am-10am
The Tameside Years Monday - Friday 10am-11am
Steve Crumley Tameside Today Monday - Friday 11am -2pm
Andy Hoyle Afternoon-Big Drive Home Monday-Friday 2pm-6pm
'After 6' features Monday - Thursday 6pm-7pm
Pete Meadows Soul & Motown Monday 9pm-11pm
David Spencer Tameside Country Wednesday 9pm-10pm
Mike Wallbank The Show That Time Forgot Sunday 1pm-3pm
What's On features Daily
Mike Pav... Pav's Patch - including
non-league football weekend preview
Fridays 6pm - 7pm
A new era of community radio
SUPPORT LETTER FROM SANDRA MARSTON, JP
ON BEHALF OF DENTON SCOUT ASSOCIATION
"We were delighted to hear that Tameside Radio will be continuing the tradition of local community broadcasting
which was pioneered by 8 Towns Radio...
"A not-for-profit, truly ‘local’ radio station, as proposed
by Tameside Radio actively involving all sections of the
community with its programming, will be a great
a great asset to the many voluntary youth and
community groups in Tameside... "
Simon Walker, Managing Director, Tameside Radio:
"It's been a long-term goal of myself and the team to bring a dedicated, truly local station to this area and I am delighted that our vision has finally been realised.
"The team have moved mountains to get us on air and I am very proud and grateful to everybody involved. The initial response has been absolutely tremendous".
TAMESIDE'S new community radio station - with some familiar
voices - first hit the airwaves with a trial FM broadcast
during May and June 2004.
Several former 8 Towns volunteers presented
shows during the first trial broadcast including: Andy Hoyle,
Pete Meadows, Martyn Heelam, Gary Osborne, Mike Wallbank,
Joe Douthwaite, Wayne Kay and Steve Crumley
(aka Steve James as we once knew him!)
Fast forward to October 2005 and the fantastic
news that many of us had waited 10, even 20 years
to hear: Ofcom (the radio licensing authority) agreed to
award the group a full-time community radio licence.
Meanwhile, we were already extending our horizons by broadcasting "from the Cyber Cafe in Hattersley to the world"
via the internet.
From September 2005 until early 2006, Tameside Web Radio was available to anyone who wished to listen online via the worldwide web - including Tameside 'ex-pats' now living outside the area, or even overseas!
Speaking of which... a former Ashtonian now based in Canada presented a weekly show on the station - none other than former 8 Towns Radio volunteer Phil Loftus, who hosted the aptly-named 'Atlantic Crossing' direct from his new home in Toronto.
Finally, after many, many negotiations to secure start-up funds and premises, with several twists and turns and frustrating delays, the new full-time station Tameside Radio began broadcasting
on Sunday 30 September, 2007.
