106 Jack FM (Bristol)
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106 Jack FM is an English language
adult hits
format radio station
that broadcasts on 106.5MHz FM
in Bristol
, United Kingdom
and is owned by Celador Radio
.
stations, Bristol's 106 Jack FM runs with a strapline of "Playing What We Want" and mostly having no presenters. The voiceovers and those witty straplines are usually voiced by former Blake's 7 actor Paul Darrow
, and is referred to on station only as The Voice of Jack.
106 Jack FM replaced Original, which had previously broadcast used the same frequency, on 2 December 2009 following a staged on-air argument and station hijacking the previous day.
Since the relaunch, nearly all the DJ's have been removed from the station, then switched to an automated music format for most of the time, as used by the UK's other JACK fm stations. The only live show's currently running on JACK fm are the weekday breakfast show, which is generally known as 'That Morning Thing' and is hosted by Ian Downs (or Downsy), Alice Crocker and Richard Johnson. The other live programme is JACK's World of Sport, and is hosted by Jed Pitman on Saturday Mornings.
The station was acquired by Celador Radio
on 7th September 2010.
English language
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adult hits
Adult hits
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format radio station
Radio station
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that broadcasts on 106.5MHz FM
FM broadcasting
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in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and is owned by Celador Radio
Celador
Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...
.
History
The station was awarded its original broadcast licence in September 2006 as Original 106.5, and commenced broadcasting on 20 May 2007. It was owned by a group of investors under the name Tomahawk Radio. The station originally broadcast an Adult Oriented format, with 40% of its music coming from past or present Top 20 charts. Based on other JACK fmJack FM
JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...
stations, Bristol's 106 Jack FM runs with a strapline of "Playing What We Want" and mostly having no presenters. The voiceovers and those witty straplines are usually voiced by former Blake's 7 actor Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow is an English actor best known for his portrayal of Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7...
, and is referred to on station only as The Voice of Jack.
106 Jack FM replaced Original, which had previously broadcast used the same frequency, on 2 December 2009 following a staged on-air argument and station hijacking the previous day.
Since the relaunch, nearly all the DJ's have been removed from the station, then switched to an automated music format for most of the time, as used by the UK's other JACK fm stations. The only live show's currently running on JACK fm are the weekday breakfast show, which is generally known as 'That Morning Thing' and is hosted by Ian Downs (or Downsy), Alice Crocker and Richard Johnson. The other live programme is JACK's World of Sport, and is hosted by Jed Pitman on Saturday Mornings.
The station was acquired by Celador Radio
Celador
Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...
on 7th September 2010.
Live Programmes
- That Morning Thing (weekdays 6am)
- JACK's World of Sport (Saturdays 8am)
See Also
- The Breeze 107.2
- The Breeze 107 (Hampshire)
- 106 Jack FM (South Coast)