Wight FM was an internet radio

Internet radio

Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...

 service based on the Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...

 which closed in December 2009. It was first launched on 1 February 2009 and initially included high-profile radio DJs such as David Hamilton

David Hamilton

David Hamilton or Dave Hamilton or Davey Hamilton may refer to:*David Hamilton of Cadzow, 3rd Laird of Cadzow Scottish nobleman*David Hamilton Scottish architect...

, Paul Burnett

Paul Burnett

Paul Burnett is an English radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. In 1966 he joined offshore radio station, Radio 270, broadcasting off Scarborough, North Yorkshire...

, Mike Read

Mike Read

Michael David Kenneth Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter.-Early life:...

 and Howard Pearce

Howard Pearce

His Excellency Howard John Stredder Pearce, CVO was Governor of the Falkland Islands and Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands until July 2006. He assumed both positions on 3 December 2002. Before his appointment, Pearce was High Commissioner to Malta from 1999 to 2002...

 among others. Its main sponsorship and form of advertising is the Isle of Wight Gazette

Isle of Wight Gazette

The Isle of Wight Gazette was a local newspaper. The paper edition was published on Fridays as a fortnightly publication until January 2011. It remained as an active online publication until June 2011....

. The programmes were mainly all handfistly voicetracked apart from the Alex Dyke morning phone-in. Alex was the founder/owner of the Station. He now presents on Radio Solent on Weekday mornings & hosts an ex-Wight FM invention called Bubblegum & Cheese on Saturdays between 11am & 2pm. This ran on Wight FM on Saturday & Sunday mornings with Ed Stewart

Ed Stewart

Ed Stewart is a radio broadcaster from England. His real name is Edward Mainwaring but he is known by the nickname Ed Stewpot Stewart.-Early life and career:...

, in voicetracked form.

Weekdays

At time of closure:

12 Midnight - 7am	Late Night Music Jam
7am - 7pm	Daytime Music Jam
7pm - 12 Midnight	Music Jam

Weekends

12 Midnight - 7am	Late Night Music Jam
7am - 7pm	Daytime Music Jam
7pm - 12 Midnight	Music Jam

Wight FM TV

Wight FM recently also planned a move to television, although still online, with the potential of launching onto a sky channel in the future.

External links

• Wight FM Official Website (no longer works and now redirects to Island Life Magazine)