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

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as part of cost saving measures. The station began broadcasting in October 2006 from its studios at Aspen Court in Templeborough. It mainly covers the Rotherham Borough from its transmitter at Boston Castle, although it can easily be heard in neighbouring cities such as

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and Barnsley

Background

Prior to being awarded the licence by

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, Rother FM broadcast two Restricted Service Licence broadcasts from the Carlton Park Hotel. The station went on to be awarded the full-time licence and launched at 10am on Sunday 15 October 2006 with presenter James Marriott hosting the first show.radiotoday.co.uk
/ref> It was part of the Lincs FM Group of radio stations and broadcast on the old Hallam FM frequency of 96.1 FM. The station broadcast a mix of current chart music as well as well known tracks from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s alongside news, information and competitions.

Imaging

Like the rest of the group, the station used the group strap line of "''The difference is...''" and has

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s sung by the radio ident company

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Closure

The station closed on Monday 31 August 2020 and was integrated into The

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Network.

References

External links

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Recording jingles for Lincs FM Group at S2 Blue in Leek

Lincs FM group website

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