Sunrise Radio Group
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Sunrise Radio Group Limited is a UK radio broadcaster. The group is owned by the Litt Corporation (chairman Avtar Lit
), and runs Sunrise Radio, Yarr Radio, Kismat Radio and Punjabi Radio. The company also owns London Media Company Limited.
It also owns 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire
and Time 106.8
ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations .
Avtar Lit
Avtar Lit is the owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group, and was listed by AIM magazine as one of the "20 most powerful Asians in British media" in 2005, and said to have amassed a big personal fortune...
), and runs Sunrise Radio, Yarr Radio, Kismat Radio and Punjabi Radio. The company also owns London Media Company Limited.
Stations
The company owns and manages the following radio stations:- Sunrise RadioSunrise RadioSunrise Radio is the United Kingdom's first Independent Local Radio station to cater specifically for the Asian community. Dr Avtar Lit is the chairman and chief executive of this media group which also operates kismat radio,buzz asia,punjabi radio as well as sunrise tv-Transmission:It initially...
. - Buzz Asia London (formerly Club Asia Radio, formerly Liberty RadioLiberty RadioLiberty Radio is a UK radio broadcaster and company based in London, England that, , broadcasts on satellite and the Internet, but not terrestrial radio or DAB. The company started as Viva 963, broadcasting on terrestrial radio, predominantly for women, and was later renamed...
) - Time 106.6Time 106.6Time 106.6 is a local radio station for East Berkshire, South Bucks, North Surrey and the Heathrow area of London. The station plays a variety of music from the latest songs to music from the 80s, 90s and 00s from various genres. The station strapline is "All Time Favourites"...
. - Time 107.5Time 107.5Time 107.5 is an Independent Local Radio station, broadcasting to the east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.-History:...
. - Easy Radio LondonEasy Radio LondonEasy Radio London was a British radio station broadcasting to London on DAB.-History:The station began life in September 1994 as Country 1035, a country and western station broadcasting to London on medium wave...
. - Punjabi Radio
- Yarr RadioYarr RadioYarr Radio is/was a British music radio station aimed at a young Asian audience. It broadcast on digital radio in various regions of the UK and on Sky Channel 187...
. - Kismat RadioKismat RadioKismat Radio is a radio station broadcasting from the Crystal Palace Transmitter in south-east London.- Background :The target audience is British Asians and South Asian expats aged 30+, with programme formats comprising Asian Talk and music....
. - Palm 105.5Palm 105.5Palm 105.5 is a Independent Local Radio station based in Torquay, in Devon.Palm FM was awarded the local commercial radio licence for Torbay in September 2005, and began broadcasting in May 2006...
- Owned with Palm FM Limited. - Radio PlymouthRadio PlymouthRadio Plymouth is an independent commercial radio station broadcasting from the Devon city of Plymouth.-History:Radio Plymouth was launched at 10am on Sunday 28 February 2010 by television presenter Phillip Schofield, an investor in the station. The first song played was The Way It Is by Bruce...
- Owned with Radio Plymouth Limiited. - Asia Broadcasting Corporation (Sri Lanka) - Hiru fm, Sha fm, Sun fm, Gold fm, Sooriyan fm.
It also owns 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire
Former stations
Both South London Radio 107.3Time 107.3
South London Radio was a South London-based radio station, previously known as FLR 107.3, Fusion 107.3 and Time 107.3, which ceased broadcasting in April 2009.-Background:...
and Time 106.8
Time 106.8
106.8 Time FM was a local commercial radio station located in the south-east London and north-west Kent area of England, which broadcast to Greenwich and Bexleyheath in London and Dartford and Gravesend in Kent on 106.8 FM, and ceased transmission in April 2009.-Background:The station started...
ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations .
External links
- littcorp.com - Official website of owner Litt Corporation.