Dearne FM was a local radio station serving
Barnsley. 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 nationall ...
, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.
History
The station was based at Zenith Park on Whaley Road,
Barugh Green
Barugh Green (locally pronounced as Bark Green or occasionally mis-pronounced as Bart Green) is a semi-rural commuter village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Barnsley Metropoli ...
, in the north-west of
Barnsley. As a result of cost cutting, Dearne FM co-located with sister stations
Trax FM
Trax FM was a local radio station serving Doncaster in South Yorkshire and the Bassetlaw district of north Nottinghamshire. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.
History
The stati ...
,
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 ...
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 O ...
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 i ...
. 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, ...
, and on 97.1 FM
nearHoylandswaine
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
Penistone ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 22,909 at the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is west of Barnsley, ...
on ''Hunger Hill''. The Ardsley transmitter also broadcast
Hallam FM
Hallam FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 283,000 ...
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 mapPenistone transmitterMedia UK
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Radio stations in Yorkshire
Mass media in Barnsley
Radio stations established in 2003
Bauer Radio