Mercia FM is an Independent Local Radio broadcasting from Coventry. The Breakfast Show is hosted by Ru Green and James Cook, and produced by Mike Newman. Late Night Love (see Trent FM) from 10pm - 1am is hosted by Graham Torrington. The 97FM signal is by far the strongest, from the transmitter at Shilton, near the M6/M69 junction, and is for Coventry, and the much weaker signal 102.9FM for Leamington Spa. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ... Independent Local Radio is the name given to the UK commercial radio industry. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... 96 Trent FM is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts from Nottingham in the United Kingdom. ... This article concerns the M6 motorway in England. ... The M69 is a small motorway in England, linking Leicester and Coventry, and replaced the A46 road. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... The Royal Pump Rooms and Baths Leamington Spa, (Properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly called just Leamington) (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ...

It began as Mercia Sound, and is based in Hertford Place, Coventry. Classic Gold 1359 is based here as well, which is Mercia Sound's old MW frequency, before April 1989. In 1993, the station's owners, Midlands Radio plc, sold out to GWR Group, who homogenised the output to fit its playlist and ubiquitous style. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... GWR Group was a British radio company, until its merger with Capital Radio Group in May 2005 to form the new company GCap Media. ...

Notable DJs on Mercia have included Perry Spiller, Ant McGinley, Chris Marsden, Kam and Sally (Kam was later replaced by Kevin), Jim Hawkins, Ru and James and Graham Torrington and his Late Night Love (10pm - 1am weekdays). Jim Hawkins, smooth talker Jim Hawkins is a radio presenter for BBC Radio Shropshire. ...

External links

• Mercia FM.
• Listen to Mercia FM.
• Some Mercia FM audio clips.
• A History of Mercia Sound.
• History of local radio In Warwickshire.
• Leamington Spa transmitter.
• Shilton transmitter.

http://groups.myspace.com/merciafm A Mercia FM fansite/group