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frequency"><span class="num">106.8</span> <span class="unit">MHz</span></span> (Durham)</li><li>FM: <span class="hMeasure frequency"><span class="num">103.4</span> <span class="unit">MHz</span></span> (Sunderland & Wearside)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">“The Best Variety of Hits”</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Contemporary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nation_Radio_UK" title="Nation Radio UK">Nation Radio</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nation_Broadcasting" title="Nation Broadcasting">Nation Broadcasting</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5 November 1990 (as Wear FM) - 33 years ago</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Wear FM (1990–1995)<br />Sun City FM (1995–1997)<br />Sun FM (1997-2024)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radioplayer.nationplayer.com/NationRadioNorthEast/">Radioplayer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationplayer.com/nation-radio-north-east/">Nation Radio North East</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nation Radio North East</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Local_Radio" title="Independent Local Radio">Independent Local Radio</a> station broadcasting from studios in <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a> to across the <a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East</a> region of England which includes <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teesside" title="Teesside">Teesside</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>. It is owned by <a href="/wiki/Nation_Broadcasting" title="Nation Broadcasting">Nation Broadcasting</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nation Radio North East broadcasts on FM, DAB, as well as online. The station plays a mix of contemporary and classic <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> alongside local news and travel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Audience">Audience</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Audience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of September 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 25,000, according to <a href="/wiki/RAJAR" title="RAJAR">RAJAR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wear_FM">Wear FM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wear FM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station was launched by the Sunderland Community Radio Station in 1990 and broadcast as Wear FM, based at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sunderland" title="University of Sunderland">University of Sunderland</a>. Wear FM gained international acclaim for its community programming and social inclusion and won the <a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Academy Award">Sony Award</a> for UK Radio Station of the Year in 1992. </p><p>Wear FM ceased transmissions in 1995 when it was taken over by the Minster Sound Group, who relaunched the station as Sun City FM. The station's studios in the Forster Building were taken over by the University of Sunderland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sun_City_FM">Sun City FM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sun City FM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sun City took over when Wear FM ceased broadcasting in 1995. Sun City 103.4's operator was financially penalised in that year by the <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Radio Authority</a> for not fully adhering to elements of their Promise of Performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sun_FM">Sun FM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sun FM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A sale to <a href="/wiki/ITV_Border" title="ITV Border">Border Radio Holdings</a> followed with the new owners rebranding the station as Sun FM. In January 1999, Brian Lister joined as managing director. Sun FM became part of the <a href="/wiki/GCap_Media" title="GCap Media">Capital Radio Group</a> when they acquired Border Radio in April 2000 as part of a three-way deal with <a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada TV</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sun_fm_new_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/Sun_fm_new_logo.png/220px-Sun_fm_new_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/Sun_fm_new_logo.png/330px-Sun_fm_new_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Sun_fm_new_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="260" /></a><figcaption>The Sun FM logo during its <a href="/wiki/UKRD_Group" title="UKRD Group">UKRD Group</a> ownership.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sun_FM_2017.webp" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Sun_FM_2017.webp/220px-Sun_FM_2017.webp.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Sun_FM_2017.webp/250px-Sun_FM_2017.webp.png 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="189" /></a><figcaption>Final logo used from 2017 to 2018 before its sale to Nation Broadcasting.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2001, Radio Investments Limited purchased Sun FM and its parent company Bucks Broadcasting. This sale also included the other group station, <a href="/wiki/Mix_96_(Aylesbury)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mix 96 (Aylesbury)">Mix 96</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>. Radio Investments later became known as <a href="/wiki/The_Local_Radio_Company" title="The Local Radio Company">The Local Radio Company</a> and, in June 2009, was itself acquired by <a href="/wiki/UKRD_Group" title="UKRD Group">UKRD Group</a>. </p><p>In 2018, UKRD Group sold Sun FM to Wales-based radio operator <a href="/wiki/Nation_Broadcasting" title="Nation Broadcasting">Nation Broadcasting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2020, Nation Broadcasting bought neighbouring <a href="/wiki/102.6_%26_106.8_Durham_FM" title="102.6 & 106.8 Durham FM">Durham Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Radio_Darlington" title="Alpha Radio Darlington">Alpha Radio</a>, merging the stations into Sun FM to enlarge the broadcast area to include large parts of County Durham. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sun_FM_2018_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Sun_FM_2018_logo.png" decoding="async" width="156" height="114" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="114" /></a><figcaption>The final Sun FM logo during Nation Broadcasting ownership before its rebrand.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nation_Radio_North_East">Nation Radio North East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Nation Radio North East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 April 2024, Nation Broadcasting announced that Sun FM will be rebranded to Nation Radio North East as of 1 May 2024. They will also expand the station onto the local DAB multiplexes across the North East to include Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Bishop Auckland and Darlington.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_programming">Current programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Nation Radio North East, local programming is broadcast from 6am-10am Monday to Friday, presented by Simon Grundy and 3pm-7pm Monday to Friday, presented by Dave Sherwood. The rest of the time it takes networked programming from <a href="/wiki/Nation_Radio_UK" title="Nation Radio UK">Nation Radio UK</a>, with opt-outs for news, sport, travel and weather updates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transmission">Transmission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nation_Radio_North_East&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transmission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nation Radio North East's transmission facility is located on farmland at Haining, to the south-west of Sunderland.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It transmits with an ERP of 300 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/04/sun-fm-to-rebrand-as-nation-radio-north-east-and-expand-on-dab/">Sun FM to rebrand as Nation Radio North East and expand on DAB</a>, Steve Collins, Radio Today, 2 April 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1303">mb21 – The Transmission Gallery</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fmscan.org/net.php?r=f&m=s&itu=G&pxf=Sun+FM">Sun FM (United Kingdom)</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External 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