Sunrise Radio Group Explained

Sunrise Radio Group Limited was a UK radio broadcaster (chairman Avtar Lit), and ran Sunrise Radio. The company also used to own London Media Company Limited.[1] In January 2014, Sunrise Radio Limited, owners of Sunrise Radio 1, Sunrise Radio 3, Time 107.5 and Tristar 96.6, fell into administration, and were acquired for an estimated £2m on 4 February 2014.[2]

Stations

The company owned and managed the following radio stations:

It also owned 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire.

Former stations

These ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations.[3]

The stations that were sold are:

Sunrise also formerly owned 65% of Radio Plymouth, but this was sold in March 2013.[4]

107.3 Radio Exe was also owned by the group until 2011.

Controversies

The company came under investigation for allegedly delaying passing on £160,000 raised for the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sunriseradio.com/content/?id=21 sunriseradio.com
  2. Web site: Administrators confirm Sunrise Radio sale to Lyca . bizAsia . 4 February 2014 . Raj . Baddhan . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20140504213315/http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/administrators-confirm-sunrise-radio-sale-to-lyca-media . 4 May 2014 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Radio Today with RCS: Two London radio stations close . radiotoday.co.uk . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090611080420/https://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.4589 . 11 June 2009 . dead.
  4. Web site: Sunrise sells shares in Radio Plymouth. 19 March 2013.
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/04/ofcom-investigates-radio-station-charity theguardian.co.uk