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Sam FM Swindon is a radio station which broadcasts on 107.7 MHz FM in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The station launched in 2006 and is currently operated by Celador, having had five previous owners. It re-launched as Sam FM on 1 April 2015, replacing Jack FM. Its Lime Kiln studios at Royal Wootton Bassett, near Swindon, were used by Wiltshire Radio (later GWR Radio and then Heart Wiltshire) from its launch in 1982. ==History== In 2005, after the radio group Swindon FM lobbied for a second FM Radio Licence to be granted for Swindon, Ofcom invited applications for the 12-year broadcasting licence for the area. The Local Radio Company applied for the licence, proposing a radio station called Now FM. After being awarded the licence they renamed the station to Brunel FM after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, chief engineer of the railway which had converted Swindon from a small village to a large town. Brunel Radio was also the previous name for AM station Classic Gold Radio (now DAB station Gold) when Wiltshire Radio / GWR-FM (now Heart Wiltshire) launched on FM. However Brunel FM and Brunel Radio / Brunel Classic Gold have no connection other than name and where their studios are based. Brunel FM launched at 10am on 2 September 2006, and remained under control of The Local Radio Company until its sale to Laser Broadcasting in June 2008, along with sister stations Bath FM and 3TR FM. Following the buyout a number of the station's staff resigned, allegedly due to lack of payment. In October 2008, Brunel FM was sold again to South West Radio Ltd, following the collapse of Laser Broadcasting which went into administration. In August 2009 South West Radio itself collapsed and was also placed into administration. Brunel FM was then acquired by YMC Ltd, along with Bath FM, 3TR FM, Quay West 107.4 and Quay West 102.4/100.8. YMC Ltd then ran the five licensed stations as a group, with local broadcasting throughout the day and some shared or "networked" programming over the weekend. On 24 March 2010, the YMC Ltd stations were closed by administrators after multiple refusals on the part of regulator Ofcom to transfer the licences, following a number of financial issues at the stations following TLRC's sale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam FM (Swindon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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