Mansfield 103.2 FM

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Mansfield 103.2

City	Mansfield
Broadcast area	North Nottinghamshire and north-east Derbyshire
Frequency	103.2 FM
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Murfin Music International
History
First air date	1 February 1999; 22 years ago (1999-02-01)
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates	53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°W / 53.1405; -1.2330Coordinates: 53°08′26″N 1°13′59″W / 53.1405°N 1.2330°W / 53.1405; -1.2330
Links
Website	Mansfield 103.2

Mansfield 103.2 FM is an Independent Local Radio station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, serving the areas of Mansfield and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire and nearby Bolsover in Derbyshire.^[1]

Mansfield 103.2 radio studio is situated within Brunts old grammar-school buildings

Shared transmitter at Fishpond Hill

It was launched in 1999 after winning a licence to broadcast from the Radio Authority in 1998.^[2] Based at the Brunts Business Centre, near the centre of Mansfield, it uses a shared transmitter mast sited at Fishpond Hill,^[3] on the outskirts of Mansfield near to Skegby.^[4]

Mansfield 103.2's Managing Director is Tony Delahunty and the Managing Editor is Ian Watkins.^[5]

The station is Mansfield's only local radio station and is one of the town's major sources of news and sports coverage.

Programming[]

Schedules include news on the hour (local, national, and international from Sky News), a breakfast show,^[6] a 10am to 1pm slot,^[7] and an afternoon show.^[8]

Notable presenters[]

News and sport coverage[]

Mansfield 103.2 has a dedicated news and sport team based at Samuel Brunts Way, staffed by the managing editor and broadcast journalists. Each Saturday in the football season there are regular updates on local games in the area including Mansfield Town, Chesterfield F.C. Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, South Normanton Athletic F.C., Glapwell F.C., Shirebrook Town F.C. and Sutton Town F.C..^{[citation needed]}

Outside broadcasts[]

Mansfield 103.2 has an outside broadcast unit named Fix Auto Street Crusader.^[9] The vehicle is manned by the commercial producer and engineer, with an outside broadcast team, and is used for visits to local charities, public events, openings, businesses and services.^[10]

Sales team[]

Mansfield 103.2 have a dedicated team of advertising executives led by a sales consultant.

Alleged ghost incident[]

On 28 July 2008 during the breakfast show, a newsreader was alone in the studio preparing for the 8 am news. At 8:00 precisely, just after the news jingle was played, a voice was clearly heard on air whispering "time". The newsreader had heard the voice through his headset and had prevented him from starting the bulletin. Nobody else was in the studio at the time.^{[citation needed]}

'Most Haunted presenter Richard Felix appeared on the show the following day to discuss the incident: "It sounds like a man's voice - almost like an old Head Master that may have been here - I mean this is a former school that has been here since the 1890s so we've had a lot of emotion here."^{[citation needed]}

The Gooseberry Pork Pie[]

In July 2010, Mansfield 103.2 revived a 70-year-old Mansfield Tradition of a Gooseberry Pork Pie. Years ago in Mansfield, the town would celebrate with a giant pork pie filled with Gooseberries. The pie was not made since the end of the Second World War, but in July 2010 The Breakfast Show brought back the tradition, by creating a batch of small gooseberry filled pies with the help of local butchers.^[11]

See also[]

• That Friday Feeling
• Mansfield Town FC

References[]

[6] Rajar Listening Figures, retrieved 2014-02-03

External links[]

• Audio of the 'ghost' incident.
• Radio Today