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Wey Valley Radio had already been operating as a full-time service in nearby Alton and Four Marks since 1992. This station was launched as a "community" station by David Way and Paul Mann after years of campaigning for such a licence. David Way and Paul Wisdom are the new Wey Valley Radio licence holders today. It was acquired by UKRD in 1994.
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70:107.4 MHz (Portsmouth)
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959:Nation Radio Scotland
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550:Programming
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508:Bauer Radio
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318:Dream 107.2
288:Dream 107.2
237:South Wales
179:Southampton
77:Programming
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1286:Portsmouth
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1155:Echo Radio
1015:Your Radio
1010:Scarlet FM
742:RadioToday
683:References
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628:Portsmouth
525:Hits Radio
496:The Breeze
451:The Breeze
445:Play Radio
428:Play Radio
399:Portsmouth
298:Winchester
198:Hits Radio
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658:Hampshire
606:Hampshire
586:Chilworth
569:Frequency
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302:Eastleigh
294:Win 107.2
292:In 1999,
226:The Saint
94:Ownership
61:Frequency
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765:Archived
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411:Delta FM
326:Wave 105
109:Operator
1161:Pure FM
1062:England
850:21 June
727:14 July
705:21 June
696:"RAJAR"
578:PI Code
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472:Jack FM
204:History
187:England
159:Website
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154:Links
99:Owner
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