Independent Local Radio station for Jersey
Channel 103
is an
Independent Local Radio
station broadcasting to the island of
Jersey
on 103.7
FM
and
DAB+ digital radio
.
The station launched on 25 October 1992. Channel 103 is part of
Tindle Radio
, which also owns
Island FM
in
Guernsey
and
Midlands 103
in
Ireland
.
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According to
RAJAR
, the station has a weekly audience of 49,000 and a 28.4% market share as of March 2023 - the highest of any local radio station in the British Isles.
[2]
In late 2020, Channel 103 became a part of
Bauer
's
Hits Radio Network
for commercial sales.
[3]
It remains owned by Tindle with no shared programming.
Programming
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Channel 103's core audience is the 25-44 age group,
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playing contemporary hits - predominantly from the early 1990s to the present day.
News bulletins are presented locally from 6:30am until 6pm, Monday to Friday.
The station's weekend news service broadcasts local content, presented either from Jersey or Guernsey from 8am until noon.
Sky News
provides the service outside these times.
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Transmission
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From its launch in 1992 until 16 March 2021, Channel 103 broadcast from studios on Tunnell Street in
St Helier
.
In 2021, the station vacated its original building and moved to a new studio complex in Britannia Place, St Helier.
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It continues to transmit on FM from the Arqiva mast at Fremont Point, on the north coast of the island.
Channel 103 began
digital radio
transmissions, alongside those of
Island FM
, on 1 August 2021 with the launch of the local
Ofcom
-licensed DAB multiplex for the Channel Islands. This service is radiated from transmitters at Les Platons (Jersey) and Les Touillets (Guernsey) and Fort Albert in Alderney.
External links
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See also
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