96 Trent FM

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**96 Trent FM**

Broadcast area	Nottingham, Mansfield and Loughborough
First air date	July 3, 1975
Frequency	96.2 MHz (Nottingham), 96.5 MHz (Mansfield), DAB
Format	Contemporary
Owner	GCap Media

96 Trent FM is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts from Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Its frequency is 96.2 (Nottingham) and 96.5 (Mansfield) megahertz in the FM band and is also available on DAB.

Launched July 3, 1975 as Radio Trent, initially broadcasting on FM and medium wave. Renamed Trent FM in 1988, when it launched a separate oldies-format service, GEM-AM, on its medium wave frequency. Taken over by the GWR Group in 1993. As of spring 2005, it was owned by GCap Media, after GWR Group's merger with Capital Radio Group. Trent is one of the UK's most successful and influential local radio stations and is still the market leader in Nottingham.

1 Former presenters
2 Current weekday schedule
3 Friday
4 Saturday
5 Sunday
6 GCap Ideas Studio at 96 Trent FM
7 External links

[edit] Former presenters

Former presenters include:

Jeff Cooper
Dale Winton
David Jensen
John Peters, did the station's first show and presented breakfast shows on Trent, GEM-AM and now Saga 106.6 FM
Bob Snyder. The station's first program director. Former "pirate" who also worked at Piccadilly and Beacon. Disgusted with British radio Snyder left for Canada in 1980. Worked with CKLG Vancouver then CJDC in Northern BC. Now operates a "show prep" service used by almost 1,000 DJs across North America. (www.tomslake.com)
David Lloyd, won a Sony award for Trent, was General Manager/PC of Leicester Sound, started Lincs FM and is now presenter on Saga
Guy Morris, later of Leicester Sound
Tony Lyman, later of Leicester Sound and GEM, now Saga
Anne Marie Minhall, who started as a Careline presenter, later Rob Wagstaff's assistant on Nightlife and Talkback presenter, then GEM and is now on Classic FM
Steve Merike, ex Caroline and Radio 1, afternoon presenter on Trent, later GEM and now Saga
Jenny Costello, ex Radio 1, now Radio Jackie
Nick Jackson
Dean Roberts, former Evening Show Presenter (Nottingham Nights/Late Night Lounge), later Head of News Leicester Sound, now 96 Trent FM's websitemanager (previously at Wyvern FM/Severn Sound)
Rob Wagstaff, Trent Nightlife and Morning Show presenter, now Trax FM
Pete Wagstaff
Peter Quinn
Bill Bingham
Andy Miller, part of the launch team at Trent 945 Derby, now at Ram in Derby
Erica Hughes, part of the launch team at Saga
Dick Stone, later PC at Trent, currently in charge of programming on a large number of GCap radio stations
Tim Disney- still at Trent
Franklyn Hughes
Andy Marriott, later Trent 945 Derby and GEM, voice overs for Central, now on Saga
Len Groat, former PC at Trent, responsible for music, jingles and renaming lots of presenters, later GEM
Danny Cox, started at the Trent Derby afternoon show, took over the Nottingham breakfast show and the weekly top 30 when john Peters moved over to GEM
Craig Strong
Mark Burrows, later GEM, now Saga
Viv Evans
Paul Robey, later GEM, now Saga
Tim Rogers, presented National Country Show on Classic Gold Network - now SAGA Country on SAGA 106.6fm East Midlands
Mark Dennison, still at Trent
Peter Quinn
Kenny Hague, later of Leicester Sound
Caren James
Mark Spivey
Colin Woolley
John Shaw, whose Here Be Dragons late-night Trent show is now in the same Sunday night slot on Saga entitled 'Here Be John Shaw'
Gary Burton, presented breakfast, mornings and afternoons on Trent, subsequently of BBC 6Music and Heart FM
Amanda Bowman, an original Trent Careline presenter who after GEM and then Classic Gold returned to Nottingham for Saga 106.6 FM's morning show
Brian Tansley, now at the BBC in Nottingham
Gary Terzza, who moved to Trent 96.2 after working at Trent in Derby, now voiceovers on Channel 4
Tim Gough, who started his career at another 'Original ILR' station Radio Orwell. He now presents the weekday drivetime show on Saga 106.6 FM in the East Midlands.
Alex Burnett, whose Trent debut in 1980 was a rock chart during the childrens' show "Roadrunners". Remained involved in radio for some years but steadily gravitated toward his successful career as a record producer using the name Sandy Burnett
Luis Clark, former PC at Trent, still at GCap in a higher managerial role

Many of these presenters started out at NHR-Nottingham Hospital Radio or the United Biscuits station!

Until the mid-1990s Trent pioneered personality-led Independent Local Radio with a distinctive on-air style. Sister stations were spawned with the same jingle packages - Leicester Sound in Leicester and Radio Trent 945 in Derby. Early experimentation with networking between these stations was a sign of things to come, including a period when evening presenters could refer only to "the radio station".

With the frequency splits of the late 1980s the mediumwave service became part of GEM-AM. Trent presenters were redeployed and jingles commissioned based on the sounds of the 1960s. They were joined by new presenters such as Steve Voce and Krissi Carpenter. Most of the on air line up of Saga's new East Midlands station are former Trent presenters, as are many of the management team.

[edit] Current weekday schedule

0600 - 0900 Joanna Russell and Andy Twigge, 'Jo & Twiggy'. Jo & Twiggy have been nominated for Sony awards. Including at 0700 - 0705 Newsday, with Lewis Scrimshaw.

0900 - 1200 Mark Dennison

1200 - 1600 Jason King

1600 - 1900 Richard Clarke and Lucy Horobin, 'Richard & Lucy', including at 1700 - 1707 Newsnight, with Stuart Bailey or Charlie Girling.

1900 - 2200 Music Control (formerly Core Control), presented by Sally Bailey and Kevin Hughes (nationally networked programme).

2200 - 0100 Late Night Love, presented by Graham Torrington. (Covered by Flip Collins when GT is off; nationally networked programme.)

01.00 - 03.00 Music on Demand with James Clayton (nationally networked programme)

03.00 - 06.00 Early Breakfast with Lucy Horobin (automated programme, using voice-tracking)

[edit] Friday

As weekdays, except:

19.00 - 21.00 The Download Chart with Sally Bailey and Kevin Hughes.

21.00 - 01.00 Party Friday with Howard Richie (nationally networked programme)

01.00 - 06.00 Music on Demand with Andy Henly (nationally networked programme)

[edit] Saturday

07.00 - 11.00 The Weekend Guide, with Richard Clarke and Lucy Horobin

11.00 - 13.00 The Hit List with Jason King

13.00 - 15.00 Big Ones and New Ones with Jason King

15.00 - 19.00 Tim Disney's Saturday

19.00 - 23.00 Party Saturday with Howard Richie (nationally networked programme)

23.00 - 01.00 Non Stop Party Saturday (nationally networked programme)

01.00 - 08.00 Music on Demand with Andy Henly (nationally networked programme)

[edit] Sunday

08.00 - 12.00 Tim Disney

12.00 - 16.00 Rachel Craggs

16.00 - 19.00 Hit40uk (nationally networked programme)

19.00 - 21.00 Entertainment Weekly (nationally networked programme)

21.00 - 00.00 Late Night Love, presented by Graham Torrington (nationally networked programme)

[edit] GCap Ideas Studio at 96 Trent FM

The 96 Trent FM building also houses the majority of the production studios for GCap Ideas, the commercial arm of GCap Media. GCap Ideas Studio produces the commercial output GCap Media's regional radio stations, through 8 dedicated studios. Trent FM's Castle Gate building houses 6 of these studios, and the facility will remain with Trent FM when it moved to its new home at Chappell Quarter Nottingham in January 2007.

GCap Ideas Studio's current production staff include Phill Danks (Head of Production), Neil Hocking (Studio Manager/Commercial Producer), Claire Puplett (Commercial Producer), Ben Davis (Commercial Producer), Amy Harris (Commercial Producer), Richard O'Hagan (Commercial Producer), Shelly Smith (Commercial Producer) and Richard Sweetman (Commercial Producer).