History
Formed in 2005, Penistone FM attended the Penistone Mayor's Parade in June 2005 to conduct research into the viability of a station in this small market town, and again in 2006. In September 2006 the station broadcast on 87.7 FM using an Ofcom Restricted Service License as a trial community broadcast.
On the back of a successful trial broadcast, Penistone FM applied to Ofcom in the second Community Radio Licensing round in June 2007 and were awarded a full-time community radio license in December 2007. Initially the station was awarded a medium wave frequency, but one year later an FM frequency came available and was duly cleared by Ofcom in January 2009.
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