Spire FM was awarded the licence to broadcast to the City of Salisbury and surrounding areas by the former Radio Authority, now OFCOM, in 1991. The capital needed to launch the station was raised entirely from local investors.
The station takes its name from the spire of Salisbury Cathedral.
Born on 5 September 1992, Spire FM broadcasts from City Hall Studios in Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, part of the City Hall entertainments venue.
Spire FM has won a prestigious Sony Radio Award for Station of the Year in 1994 and the runner-up award in 2003. Other awards include: the KPMG Marketing Excellence Award, and Wiltshire Business of the Year finalists.
The station has received many industry awards and won the Radio Academy Nations and Regions award for 'Station of the Year' in the South region in 2007 and 2008.
Spire FM is owned by UKRD and in March 2010 it was ranked twenty-seventh in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For.
In March 2011 it was ranked 1st in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For.
Read more about Spire FM: Current Presenters, News Team, Past Presenters
Famous quotes containing the word spire:
“The spire cranes. Its statue is an aviary.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)