Forward Media
Forward Media was a media company based in Stockport, Merseyside which operated radio stations.{{cite web | url = http://www.macraesbluebook.co.uk/company/company.cfm?company=52570_Forward_Media_Ltd_Southport_Merseyside | title = Company address | accessdate = 2010-01-22 }}
History
Forward Media Ltd was established in 1998 primarily to acquire and operate Lite FM in Peterborough and Connect FM in Kettering.{{cite web | url = http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/506361/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH | title = Forward Media buys Connect | accessdate = 2010-01-22 }} Forward Media also previously owned Dune FM in Southport, which it purchased for £1.8m,{{cite web | url = http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/bpmedi99.htm | title = Details of purchase of Dune FM | accessdate = 2010-01-22 }} but sold the station to The Local Radio Company in early September 2004. Connect and Lite were later sold to Adventure Radio.{{cite web | url = http://www.muxco.com/applications/northamptonshire/shareholders/ | title = Details of Forward Media's DAB concerns referring to the stations | accessdate = 2010-01-22 }}{{cite web | url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901259 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927215855/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=901259 | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 27, 2012 | title = Reference to ownership of Lite, Connect and Dune FM | accessdate = 2010-01-22 }}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906202524/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/comm_radio/a_l/fwd_media_ltd.pdf Letter to OFCOM fromForward Media about Community Radio]
- [http://www.soundconcepts.ltd.uk/managingradio/a42.html Station ownership 2007-2009]