CHESHIRE FM LAUNCHES
Mid-Cheshire's community radio station, Cheshire FM, took to the airwaves at 8 am on Friday 30 March with The Full Cheshire Breakfast. The station, set up by Wire FM founder David Duffy, with the support of local organisations including Business After Hours, DeBees, DAN and Cheshire Youth Services and was one of the last to be licensed by Ofcom in the first round of community radio awards.

Cheshire FM broadcasts from the Verdin Exchange small business centre in the town of Winsford and serves the neighbouring communities of Northwich and Middlewich with popular music and professionally-produced programming, including local news and sport coverage. The area has been traditionally under-served by existing commercial and BBC stations

Presenters include Phil Johnson, formerly of Wire, Dee and Radio Norwich, at breakfast. Cliff Martin covers daytime and the afternoon drivetime is presented by Laura Knight while more specialist community shows will fill evening slots. The broadcaster is backed by a number of local organisations, including Cheshire County Council, Vale Royal Borough Council, Weaver Vale Housing Trust and the North West Regional Development Agency.

Cheshire FM can be heard  by up to 100,000 people in Northwich, Winsford, Middlewich, Holmes Chapel and around the wider Cheshire area as well as online.