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Radio station
Minster Northallerton
was an
Independent Local Radio
station based in
Northallerton
,
North Yorkshire
,
England
.
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History
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Prior to launch, Minster Northallerton was originally known as
BTN FM
, after the principal towns of the area - Bedale,
Thirsk
and Northallerton. The Local Radio Company were awarded the franchise in November 2005 by
OFCOM
and the station launched on 11 June 2007.
The station was later given permission by OFCOM to move into the same building as Alpha Radio in
Darlington
which is outside of Minster Northallerton's broadcast area and to share some programmes with Alpha Radio. The station was also going to be renamed as
Alpha Northallerton
.
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These plans were amended, and the Northallerton service ultimately broadcast
Star Radio North East
which was formed when the parent company decided to merge Minster Northallerton with
Alpha 103.2
and
Durham FM
. The signal is broadcast on two FM frequencies, a 40 watt signal on 103.5, as well as the former Thirsk relay of sister station
Minster FM
on 102.3 VHF.
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In March 2017, when the other licences which made up Star Radio North East were sold to ViewTV Group and relaunched as
Rathergood Radio
, UKRD retained the Northallerton frequencies and received permission to revert these to relaying Minster FM. Following the acquisition of Minster FM by
Bauer Radio
, since September 2020 the Minster FM frequencies, including those in Northallerton, carry
Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire
.
Past presenters
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- Rafe Parker
- Chris Hakin
- Pete Egerton
- Tim West
- Alex Cann
- Mike Nicholson
- Martin Reay
- Paul Denton
- Tony Collins
- Stu Leighton
- Suzi Martin
- Mike Patterson
References
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