Anybody remember when Wigan ....

had its own Radio Wigan

sure do, wasn't it located near the old bus station?

It was located in the old gas showrooms which is now part of Wigan College

Thanks Pete my memory is fading fast

Dick Hatch was the main man .i think he joined Wigan council later.

Yes,,, Radio Wigan, it was part of a BBC local radio experiment and as stated it was transmitted from studios in New Market Street in Wigan and the breakfast show was presented by Dick Hatch.

The station was transmitted from an antennae on St Catherine's church in Scholes and initially it was broadcast on both Medium Wave and VHF FM, but towards the end of the 12 week experiment, it was broadcast on VHF FM only.

One of the Houghton Weavers presented a show on it ...

Norman Prince . Are the Houghton weavers still performing

I-spy they are playing tonight and have 4 more dates for this year

They must be getting on a bit. But that doesn't matter if they can still do it

Isn't Wish FM Wigan based?

Platty Wish Fm is on Orrell Road.Approx 100 yards on the left from the M6/M58 slip road

Also Tower FM for Bolton.

Chorley FM, where the listener comes first! Fnarr fnarr

I-spy

check this out

Houghton Weavers

keep folk smiling

Wire FM is also transmitted from the Orrell Studios as well as Tower FM and Wish FM and some of the shows are networked on all three stations, although you can't tell that, because the presenters never mention any local areas and you have the same newscasters on all three stations, so they obviously record all the news broadcasts ...

Nothing is 'transmitted' from the Orrell studio. Everything is transmitted from the top of Billinge Hill.

Actually Tonker, yoo are WRONG

WishFM is broadcast from Billinge Hill

TowerFM is broadcast from Peel Tower Bury

WyreFm is broadcast from High Warren Reservoir Warrington

A radio station is 'broadcast' by the 'broadcasters' from their studio. It is 'transmitted' from a radio antenna.

In the case of WISH FM, the station is 'broadcast' by Wireless Group, on behalf of News Corporation and is 'transmitted' by Now Digital, of the Arqiva group (the owners of the transmitting station in Billinge, St.Helens, Merseyside).



You're only a taxi driver!

Update on community radio, Wigan invited info

Can't get it to download Dave

I-spy try again