Kerrang! 105.2
Encyclopedia
Kerrang! Radio is a specialist rock music
radio station broadcasting to the West Midlands
, England
. The station's format mixes modern & classic rock with speech programmes targeted at young people and an adult rock audience. Broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands and DAB & Freeview and online, boasting a large audience of 1.3 million listeners. It is connected with the Kerrang!
print magazine in name, ownership and style, although the radio station has a more mainstream adult rock output than the magazine, featuring more indie
and alternative rock
. The night shows are very much fuelled by the traditional Kerrang! Magazine sound, with a wider and less mainstream style, playing a mix of punk
and metal
bands and forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio.
& East Midlands
but lost out, the West Midlands
licence was however successful. The station launched on 10 June 2004 originally from Birmingham City Football Club and it then moved to a dedicated studio in Lionel Street, Birmingham
near the BT Tower
, and broadcasts from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter
. Karren Brady
was made chairman in 2003.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
radio station broadcasting to the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The station's format mixes modern & classic rock with speech programmes targeted at young people and an adult rock audience. Broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands and DAB & Freeview and online, boasting a large audience of 1.3 million listeners. It is connected with the Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
print magazine in name, ownership and style, although the radio station has a more mainstream adult rock output than the magazine, featuring more indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
. The night shows are very much fuelled by the traditional Kerrang! Magazine sound, with a wider and less mainstream style, playing a mix of punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands and forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio.
History
In 2000, Bauer Radio then Emap launched Kerrang! as a digital radio station, across the UK. The station bid on a number of new FM licences including ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
& East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...
but lost out, the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
licence was however successful. The station launched on 10 June 2004 originally from Birmingham City Football Club and it then moved to a dedicated studio in Lionel Street, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
near the BT Tower
British Telecom Tower (Birmingham)
The BT Tower is a landmark in Birmingham, England, and is also the tallest building in the city. Its Post Office code was YBMR.-History:...
, and broadcasts from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter
Sutton Coldfield television transmitter
The Sutton Coldfield transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It has broadcast terrestrial television signals every day since 1949 and is thus the oldest working television transmitting station in the world.-History:On...
. Karren Brady
Karren Brady
Karren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...
was made chairman in 2003.
Awards
On 11 May 2009 Kerrang! 105.2 won the highly prestigious Gold Award for station with over 1 million listeners. Kerrang! Radio's In:Demand evening show presenter Henry Evans was also awarded the Sony DAB Rising Star award for 2009 whilst breakfast programme presenters Simon James and Hill got Silver at the awards in the Music Radio Personality of the year category. In 2010, Loz Guest was nominated at the 2010 Sony Radio Academy Awards, furthering the stations award credentials and Simon James and Hill won Bronze in the 'Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million)' category.Monday - Friday
- 0000 - 0200 The Late Licence with Johnny Doom
- 0200 - 0600 Non-Stop Kerrang!
- 0600 - 1000 Simon James and Hill
- 1000 - 1100 The Rock & Roll Years with Loz Guest
- 1100 - 1500 Danielle PerryDanielle PerryDanielle Perry is an English radio presenter and DJ currently broadcasting on Birmingham-based Bauer Radio stations Kerrang! Radio and Q Radio.Perry was born in Bournemouth...
- 1500 - 1900 Kate LawlerKate LawlerKate Louise Lawler is an English reality TV personality, DJ, and model. She was the first female winner of Big Brother UK, winning the third season of the reality television show. Since leaving Big Brother, she has worked as a television presenter and personality, a model and as a disc jockey...
- 1900 - 2200 In:Demand with Matt Stocks
- 2200 - 0000 Loz Guest
Saturday
- 0000 - 0300 The Temple of Doom with Johnny Doom
- 0200 – 0700: Non-Stop Kerrang!
- 0700 – 1000: Caroline Beavon
- 1000 – 1400: Danielle PerryDanielle PerryDanielle Perry is an English radio presenter and DJ currently broadcasting on Birmingham-based Bauer Radio stations Kerrang! Radio and Q Radio.Perry was born in Bournemouth...
- 1400 – 1800: Matt Stocks
- 1800 – 1900: Kerrang! Live
- 1900 – 2200: Klub Kerrang! with Matt Stocks
- 2200 – 0000: Klub Kerrang! with Alex Baker
Sunday
- 0000 – 0700: Non-Stop Kerrang!
- 0700 – 1000: Caroline Beavon
- 1000 – 1400: The Rock & Roll Years with Johnny Doom
- 1300 – 1700: Hywel and Jamie
- 1700 – 2000: Loz Guest - Best of The Guests
- 2000 – 2200: Unsigned with Alex Baker
- 2200 – 0000: Alex Baker
Former presenters
- Emma Scott (Now at Heart DevonHeart DevonHeart Devon is a Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Devon. The station began broadcasting on Friday 27 August 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Exeter and Heart Torbay , Heart Plymouth , Heart North Devon and Heart South Devon .-History:The regional station...
) - Tim Shaw
- Luke Wilkins
- Henry Evans
- OJ BorgOJ BorgOJ Borg is an English radio and television presenter.-Radio:Borg has worked at various radio stations. He started out at Galaxy Manchester as a member of The Ground Crew; he then progressed through Traffic and Travel with Trafficlink to the evening show at Kix 96 Fm in Coventry...
(Now at Key 103Key 103Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of...
) - Ugly PhilUgly PhilUgly Phil O'Neil is a radio DJ/announcer. He was born in the United Kingdom, and lived the majority of his life in Australia. Before adopting the on-air name of Ugly Phil he was known on-air as Phil O'Neil...
(Now at 96fm96fm (Perth radio station)96fm is a radio station broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia.-History:96fm began broadcasting on 96.1 MHz on August 8, 1980 as Perth's first commercial FM radio station. The first record played at the 4pm launch was Steely Dan's "FM " with Gordon O'Byrne the first live "jock" to air...
Perth) - Rachel New (Now at Heart West MidlandsHeart West MidlandsHeart West Midlands is a radio station based in Birmingham, England, as part of the Heart Network, with a regional license to broadcast to the West Midlands...
) - Christian Stevenson
- Nick MargerrisonNick MargerrisonNick Margerrison is a radio presenter who presents the weekend overnight show on LBC 97.3.-Early career:Nick Margerrison went to the University of Essex where he studied English Literature...
(Now at LBC 97.3LBC 97.3LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973...
) - Rick Shaw (Now at XFM LondonXfm LondonXfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....
) - Dan Morfitt (Now at brmbBrmbbrmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
) - James EvertonJames EvertonJames Everton is a radio presenter and producer in the United Kingdom. He currently presents regular shows on Q Radio , 97.4 Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire and The Hits Radio Breakfast .-Early career:...
(Now at The Hits RadioThe Hits RadioThe Hits Radio is a popular mainstream music channel operated by Bauer Media. The Station forms part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio. It is the biggest digital commercial radio station in Europe.- The Hits Radio :...
) - Sean Coleman