Mix 96 is the Independent Local Radio

Independent Local Radio

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 station for the town

Town

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 of Aylesbury

Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...

 in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

England

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History

First airing in 1994, it was the first radio station to gain a permanent licence to broadcast from Aylesbury. The launch slogan was 'Bucks Best Music' but the station now uses the strapline "Your Town, Your Station".

Originally an independent, it was solely owned by local group Bucks Broadcasting Ltd. The original Chairman of Mix 96 was Richard Morris-Adams, MD was Mark Flanagan

Mark Flanagan

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, SD was Erika Sorby-Firth and PC was Keri Jones.

The group invested in a number of stations throughout the UK including FM 102 The Bear, in Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

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, 107.7 The Wolf in Wolverhampton, Arrow FM in Hastings and Surf 107 in Brighton.

Fox FM increased their shareholding in Bucks Broadcasting, and were themselves wholly acquired by Capital Radio plc, leading the company to become part of Capital until they were divested to Radio Investments (later known as The Local Radio Company).

MIX 96 is now part of the UKRD Group

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Present format

Its playlist is a mix of contemporary and new hits, and provides local and national news, weather, travel, and whats on information for Aylesbury Vale. The current presenters are Adam Morris, Danny Cox, Nathan Cooper, Neil Quigley, Pete Denton, Richard Hutchinson and Jenny McConnell. Newsreaders include Chris Maskery, Andrew Kaye, Julian Hicks and Penny Harper.

Time	Show and Details	Presenter
0000	96 Hits
0600	The Mix 96 Breakfast Show	Adam Morris
0900	The Time of Your Life	Adam Morris
1000	Mid Mornings on Mix 96	Danny Cox
1400	Drivetime	Nathan Cooper
1900	The Evening Show	Neil Quigley
2200	The Mellow Mix

Saturday

Time	Show and Details	Presenter
0000	96 Hits
0600	The More Music Weekend Breakfast
0800	Pete Denton
1200	Adam Morris
1500	Neil Quigley
1800	Party Anthems
2200	MIX Music

Sunday

Time	Show and Details	Presenter
0000	96 Hits
0600	The More Music Weekend Breakfast
0800	Pete Denton
1200	The More Music Sunday Lunch	Nathan Cooper
1400	Mix @ The Movies
1900	The Evening Show
2200	The Mellow MIX