- Wish FM
Radio station
name=Wish FM
airdate=April 1 1997
frequency=102.4 MHz
share=8.4%
share as of=September 2007
share source= [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
area=Wigan & St Helens
format =Contemporary|owner =UTV Radio Wish FM is the
Independent Local Radio station forWigan and St Helens, broadcasting on 102.4FM. The station takes its name from the initials WIgan and St Helens.It broadcasts on 102.4 FM from the transmitter at Billinge Hill, between Billinge and Longshaw on the A571, having taken to air on
1 April 1997 . The studios are currently in Orrell,Metropolitan Borough of Wigan but in early 2007, the station's owners approached UK media regulator OFCOM to ask permission to move the station's base toNewton Le Willows , Merseyside as part of a plan in a single building with two other stations from the UTV Radio group:Tower FM andWire FM .It does much collaboration with the
rugby league team,Wigan Warriors and the Premiershipfootball club Wigan Athletic, although it doesn't provide full match commentaries for either.Wish FM joins with fellow UTV stations
Imagine FM ,The Pulse of West Yorkshire ,Tower FM ,Radio Wave 96.5 andSignal 2 in a shared evening programme from 7pm on weekday evenings.References
External links
* [http://www.wishfm.net Wish FM]
* [http://www.northwestradio.info North West Radio.]
* [http://www.luphen.org.uk/public/2005/2005billinge_hill.htm Billinge Hill transmitter.]
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