Mansfield 103.2 FM

Mansfield 103.2 FM is an Independent Local Radio station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, serving the areas of Mansfield and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and nearby Bolsover in Derbyshire.[1]

Mansfield 103.2 radio studio is situated within Brunts old grammar-school buildings
Shared transmitter at Fishpond Hill

Mansfield 103.2
Broadcast areaNorth Nottinghamshire
North-East Derbyshire
Frequency103.2 MHz FM
SloganThe Home of Great Music
Programming
FormatContemporary
Ownership
OwnerMurfin Music International
History
First air date
1 February 1999 (1999-02-01)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
53.1405°N 1.2330°W / 53.1405; -1.2330
Links
WebsiteMansfield 103.2

It was launched in 1999 after winning a licence to broadcast from the Radio Authority in 1998.[2] Based at the Brunts Business Centre, near the centre of Mansfield, it uses a shared transmitter mast sited at Fishpond Hill,[3] on the outskirts of Mansfield near to Skegby.[4]

Mansfield 103.2's Managing Director is Tony Delahunty and the Managing Editor is Ian Watkins.[5]

The station is Mansfield's only local radio station and is one of the town's major sources of news and sports coverage.

Programming

Schedules include news on the hour (local, national, and international from Sky News), a breakfast show,[6] a 10am to 1pm slot,[7] and an afternoon show.[8]

Notable presenters
  • John B Tannen
  • Si Gilmore
  • Jason Harrison
  • Ian Watkins
  • Laura Summers
  • Rev. David Fudger
  • Norman Cox
  • Katie Trinder
  • Ron Coles
  • Matt Edwards
  • Aaron Outram

News and sport coverage

Mansfield 103.2 has a dedicated news and sport team based at Samuel Brunts Way, staffed by the managing editor and broadcast journalists. Each Saturday in the football season there are regular updates on local games in the area including Mansfield Town, Chesterfield F.C. Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, South Normanton Athletic F.C., Glapwell F.C., Shirebrook Town F.C. and Sutton Town F.C..

Outside broadcasts

Mansfield 103.2 has an outside broadcast unit named Fix Auto Street Crusader.[9] The vehicle is manned by the commercial producer and engineer, with an outside broadcast team, and is used for visits to local charities, public events, openings, businesses and services.[10]

Sales team

Mansfield 103.2 have a dedicated team of advertising executives led by a sales consultant.

Alleged ghost incident

On 28 July 2008 during the breakfast show, a newsreader was alone in the studio preparing for the 8 am news. At 8:00 precisely, just after the news jingle was played, a voice was clearly heard on air whispering "time". The newsreader had heard the voice through his headset and had prevented him from starting the bulletin. Nobody else was in the studio at the time.

'Most Haunted presenter Richard Felix appeared on the show the following day to discuss the incident: "It sounds like a man's voice - almost like an old Head Master that may have been here - I mean this is a former school that has been here since the 1890s so we've had a lot of emotion here."

The Gooseberry Pork Pie

In July 2010, Mansfield 103.2 revived a 70-year-old Mansfield Tradition of a Gooseberry Pork Pie. Years ago in Mansfield, the town would celebrate with a giant Pork Pie filled with Gooseberrys. The pie wasn't made since the end of the second world war, but in July 2010 The Breakfast Show brought back the tradition, by creating a batch of small gooseberry filled pies with the help of local butchers.[11]

See also

References
  1. Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Advertising" catchment area section. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  2. Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Our History" section. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  3. Wikimapia. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  4. The Transmission Gallery. Retrieved 11-10-2013
  5. Mansfield 103.2 FM Official site."Who's who" section. Retrieved 11-07-2013
  6. Shows - Breakfast Retrieved 13 February 2016
  7. Presenters - Norman Cox Retrieved 20 December 2015
  8. Shows - Afternoon Retrieved 13 February 2016
  9. Mansfield 103.2 News 20 July 2013 "Mansfield 103.2 will be there with the Vision West Notts Street Crusader so come down and say hello." Retrieved 2014-03-26
  10. Handing over keys to Street Crusader, 15 April 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2015
  11. 'Our Mansfield and Area' website administered by Mansfield District Council Museum Mansfield's Gooseberry Pork Pie - "A traditional dish from the Mansfield July Fair" Retrieved 2014-02-03

Rajar Listening Figures, Retrieved 2014-02-03

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