Rother FM
Rother FM is an Independent Local Radio station for Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Rother FM is now based in Doncaster. The Station began broadcasting in October 2006 from its studios at Aspen Court in Templeborough. It mainly covers the Rotherham Borough from its transmitter at Boston Castle, although it can be heard in neighbouring cities such as Sheffield.
Background
Prior to being awarded the licence by Ofcom, Rother FM broadcast two Restricted Service Licence broadcasts from the Carlton Park Hotel. The station went on to be awarded the full-time licence and launched at 10am on Sunday 15 October 2006 with presenter James Marriott hosting the first show.
It is part of the Lincs FM Group of stations and broadcasts on the old Hallam FM frequency of 96.1 FM. The station airs a mix of current chart music as well as well-known tracks from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s alongside news, information and competitions.
Imaging
Like the rest of the group, the station uses the group strap line of "The difference is..." and has jingles sung by the radio ident company S2blue.
Rother
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.
History
The District of Rother was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Bexhill, the Municipal Borough of Rye and Battle Rural District. It is one of three districts within the county without borough status and is the easternmost one: the other two being Lewes to the west, and Wealden in the centre. The Borough of Hastings lies surrounded by Rother.
Governance
Rother District Council is elected every four years, with currently 38 councillors being elected at each election. Since 1983 the Conservatives have had a majority on the council, apart from between 1991 and the 1999 election when no party had a majority. As of the last election in 2015 the council was composed of the following councillors:-
Wards
Rother District Council offices are based in Bexhill-on-Sea. Bexhill has nine wards: the remaining councillors represent the other 11 wards.
Rother (surname)
Rother (or Röther) is a surname. It can refer to:
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