The Rocket
During the period between the takeover and the relaunch, many of the original volunteer presenters and some minority specialist music shows were taken off the air, and replaced with paid professionals.
The Rocket broadcast TLRC's Musicfunlife format. The name 'Rocket' refers to Stephenson's Rocket, a locomotive which was the first passenger locomotive in the world, after winning the 'Rainhill Trials'.
The Station's news output was better during TLRC's ownership of the station however TLRC Group ran into financial difficulties, and sold the station to a group of local businessmen, who included some of the original investors,
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Famous quotes containing the word rocket:
“A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)
“A rocket is an experiment; a star is an observation.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)