107.3 Abbey FM
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Abbey FM was a local radio station for Barrow-in-Furness
and the Furness
Peninsula. The station ceased transmission at 3pm on 30 January 2009 and was placed into administration with the loss of seven jobs. This followed one of the station's main backers, The Local Radio Company, withdrawing their support three weeks earlier. The Station Manager at the time Amanda Bell told the North West Evening Mail that this “forced the hand of the other shareholders” and that she was only informed of their decision on the day of the closure at 12.30pm.
Abbey FM was owned by The Radio Business Ltd (35%), CN Group Ltd
(30%) and The Local Radio Company Ltd
(35%). The licence was for a locally-focused, full-service, music and information lifestyle station for 25-64 year-olds service to serve the town of Barrow-in-Furness and the immediately surrounding area, which has an adult population (aged 15+) of around 65,000.
The licence was issued for a twelve-year period.
As of 3pm on Friday 30 January 2009 Abbey FM stopped broadcasting, shortly after the announcement that the South Cumbria station had been placed into administration by its joint owners CN Group, TLRC and The Radio Business.
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
and the Furness
Furness
Furness is a peninsula in south Cumbria, England. At its widest extent, it is considered to cover the whole of North Lonsdale, that part of the Lonsdale hundred that is an exclave of the historic county of Lancashire, lying to the north of Morecambe Bay....
Peninsula. The station ceased transmission at 3pm on 30 January 2009 and was placed into administration with the loss of seven jobs. This followed one of the station's main backers, The Local Radio Company, withdrawing their support three weeks earlier. The Station Manager at the time Amanda Bell told the North West Evening Mail that this “forced the hand of the other shareholders” and that she was only informed of their decision on the day of the closure at 12.30pm.
Abbey FM was owned by The Radio Business Ltd (35%), CN Group Ltd
CN Group
The CN Group Limited is an independent local media business based in Carlisle which operates in three different media fields.The company was formerly known as the Cumbrian Newspapers Group Ltd but changed its name to reflect the fact that is no longer primarily a newspaper publisher...
(30%) and The Local Radio Company Ltd
The Local Radio Company
The Local Radio Company is a British media company, originally based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, that owns ten independent local radio stations in the UK...
(35%). The licence was for a locally-focused, full-service, music and information lifestyle station for 25-64 year-olds service to serve the town of Barrow-in-Furness and the immediately surrounding area, which has an adult population (aged 15+) of around 65,000.
The licence was issued for a twelve-year period.
As of 3pm on Friday 30 January 2009 Abbey FM stopped broadcasting, shortly after the announcement that the South Cumbria station had been placed into administration by its joint owners CN Group, TLRC and The Radio Business.