[Stooky Bill]

Yes I'd forgotten about them, those talks were announced a few months ago and there's been no update yet. Sunshine is a fairly small gap to fill for GHR though and I think would be very much out on its own in terms of coverage areas.

There can't be many other stations they could take over after Jack, Sunshine and KMFM. What's left? The Nation stations are mostly where Bauer are already I think. Same with the bigger locals like Radio Exe and Isle of Wight

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Interestingly Lincs FM’s figures have hardly changed despite losing their FM frequency to GHR. They’re a half-yearly reporting station, so you’d expect some indication of the impact of going DAB/online only. Perhaps a sign that the importance of having an FM frequency is diminishing.

Although that is probably a result of having a diary system, people fill them in according to what station they think they're listening to. How many people have just left their radio tuned to the Lincs FM frequency and when asked what station they're listening to still say Lincs FM? I bet its a fair amount, old brands take a while to get out if the consciousness