Buzz FM (Birmingham) - End

Episode 234,   Nov 16, 2011, 10:54 PM

Buzz FM was what the regulator, the Radio Authority, termed an 'incremental station' - incremental to the tier of established heritage stations, in this case Birmingham's BRMB.

Buzz went on air in May 1990, serving Birmingham alone, with a comparatively low transmission power. It was to last but four years.

                                                                                              The station was originally licensed to bring a 'sophisticated music-based service, serving and informing a unified audience of multi-ethnic adults by day, providing specific programmes of special interest each evening and to accurately reflect urban contemporary life and actively foster social involvement, co-operation and harmony'.

Buzz suffered a set of issues over the years. It was replaced by Choice on neighbouring 102.2 at the beginning of 1995, which became Galaxy, now Capital.

Hear, here, the last moments of Buzz, featuring Graham Torrington, now again on air in the City with BBC WM.