Dearne FM was a local radio station serving

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough ha ...

. The station was folded into

Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire is a radio station regional sub-network serving Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & the North Midlands as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network. Whilst all programming is shared either across the region, or national ...

, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.

History

The station was based at Zenith Park on Whaley Road, Barugh Green, in the north-west of

. As a result of cost cutting, Dearne FM co-located with sister stations Trax FM,

Rother FM Rother FM was a local radio station serving Rotherham. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. Studios and coverage Rother FM was originally based in Rotherham but later moved to Don ...

and

Ridings FM Ridings FM was a local radio station serving the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. Studios The station was originally based at Thornes Of ...

at studios on White Rose Way in

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

. Five other companies competed for Barnsley's FM radio licence.

Transmitters

The station could be heard on 102 FM near Ardsley) in Barnsley and the

Dearne Valley The Dearne Valley is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne. It encompasses the towns of Wombwell, Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Conisbrough and Mexborough, the large villages of Ardsley, Bolton on Dearne, Goldthorpe, T ...

, and on 97.1 FM
near

Hoylandswaine Hoylandswaine is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Located near Penistone and west of the M1 along the A628 it enjoys easy access to more significant locales such as Sheffield, Barnsley, and Leeds. ...

close to the A628 and A629 roundabout) for Penistone on ''Hunger Hill''. The Ardsley transmitter also broadcast Hallam FM on 102.9 FM, with whom Dearne FM mainly competed. The 102 FM signal is more powerful than 97.1 FM, which is an off-air relay of 102 FM.

Programming

Dearne FM appealed to a family audience playing a mix of current chart hits and the best songs from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today combined with local news, information and competitions.

External links

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Transmitter map

Penistone transmitter

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