verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message stray fm broadcast area harrogate yorkshire dales western north yorkshire northern west yorkshire southeastern cumbria & northern lancashire frequency fm 97.2 mhz harrogate 107.1 mhz ilkley otley pateley bridge skipton town centre 107.8 mhz craven first air date 4 july 1994 format contemporary audience share 15.5 % june 2013 rajar owner the local radio company ukrd group website www.strayfm.com stray fm is an independent local radio station broadcasting to the western half of north yorkshire england . the original licence covered the towns of harrogate and ripon and the surrounding areas . 1 . from 1 february 2012 the station expanded to cover the yorkshire dales . it is owned by ukrd . the format is currently a tuneful music led station for harrogate and the surrounding area highly focussed on local news and issues . 2 the station started broadcasting on 4 july 1994 eleven years to the day after bbc radio york started transmitting and two years to the day after minster fm first went on air . the station had previously operated a number of 28 day broadcasts in the harrogate area . in 2008 97.2 stray fm was awarded an arqiva award for station of the year tsa under 300 000 . in 2012 ukrd bought yorkshire dales licensee fresh radio . following agreement from ofcom the station has announced plans to cede coverage of richmond to star radio north east and to switch off the am transmitters rolling the remaining portions of the old yorkshire dales licence into an integrated and enlarged licence . on 17 december 2014 stray fm started broadcasting on dab digital radio under the name stray extra . it is broadcast on the north yorkshire dab multiplex from various locations within the county including bilsdale acklam wold hildebrand barracks and oliver s mount . 1 stray extra carries stray fm programmes in the morning and through the day but during the evening the dab schedule differs from the fm version broadcasting its own dedicated programming . references edit local dab launches in north yorkshire 1 2 3 external links edit official website v t e ukrd group radio 96.4 eagle radio eagle3 eagle extra kl.fm 96.7 pirate fm pirate 2 star radio cambridge and ely former tlrc stations 2br minster fm mix 96 spire fm spirit fm star radio north east stray fm sun fm wessex fm yorkshire coast radio dab multiplexes muxco north yorkshire muxco surrey & sussex south west digital radio other ukrd support & development first radio sales heart south devon itsmymarket.com savebuckets.com former assets 107 the bee merged with 2br arrow fm central 103.1 fm dune fm isle of wight radio ivel fm nova radio pennine fm 106.9 silk fm sovereign fm the quay vale fm 107.3 abbey fm closed mix 107 closed v t e radio stations in west yorkshire england longwave am stations 198 bbc radio 4 252 rt radio 1 mediumwave am stations 666 bbc radio york 774 bbc radio leeds 828 radio aire 2 909 693 bbc radio 5 live 1089 1053 talksport 1215 absolute radio 1278 1530 pulse 2 1368 radio jcom fm stations 89.3 bbc radio 2 91.5 bbc radio 3 92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9 bbc radio leeds 93.7 bbc radio 4 96.3 radio aire 96.7 phoenix fm 97.2 102.6 107.1 stray fm 97.5 and 102.5 pulse 1 98.9 bbc radio 1 101.1 classic fm 101.8 branch fm 103.2 sunrise radio 103.5 drystone radio 105.1 105.6 capital 106.2 heart 106.6 bcb 106.8 ridings fm 107.3 fever fm 107.4 tempo fm united kingdom radio markets aberdeen glasgow london liverpool manchester northern ireland south west england west midlands west yorkshire worcester see also list of radio stations in the united kingdom coordinates 53 59 26 n 1 32 21 w 53.990615 n 1.539112 w 53.990615 ; 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