or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . november 2015 this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 51 48 57 n 0 48 50 w 51.8158 n 0.8138 w 51.8158 ; 0.8138 mix 96 city aylesbury broadcast area buckinghamshire slogan bucks best mix of music frequency 96.2 fm mobile and online first air date 15 april 1994 format hot ac language s english audience share 12.1 % december 2013 rajar owner the local radio company ukrd group webcast 1 website www.mix96.co.uk mix 96 is the independent local radio station for the town of aylesbury in buckinghamshire england . contents 1 history 2 present format 3 references 4 external links history edit launched on 15 april 1994 broadcasting on 96.2 fm it was the first radio station to gain a permanent licence to serve aylesbury and the surrounding towns including thame princes risborough tring and leighton buzzard . the launch slogan was bucks best music but the station now uses the strapline bucks best mix of music . the first song to be played on the radio station was dancing queen by abba played at 7 45am on the opening morning 15 april 1994 . 1 originally an independent it was solely owned by local group bucks broadcasting ltd. the original chairman of mix 96 was richard morris adams managing director was mark flanagan sales director was erika sorby firth and the programme controller was keri jones . in 1995 erika sorby firth took on the role of md until bucks broadcasting was divested to radio investments in 2011 . the current managing director is max hailey who returned to the radio station in 2013 . the group invested in a number of stations throughout the uk including the bear 102 in stratford upon avon 107.7 the wolf in wolverhampton arrow fm in hastings and surf 107 in brighton . fox fm increased their shareholding in bucks broadcasting and were themselves wholly acquired by capital radio plc leading the company to become part of capital until they were divested to radio investments later known as the local radio company . the latest audience listening figures show that mix 96 has a weekly reach of 34 % 42 800 . mix 96 is part of the ukrd group . it celebrated its 20th birthday on 15 april 2014 . 1 present format edit its playlist is a mix of contemporary and new hits . local and national news weather and travel are provided locally from 6am to 6pm with news bulletins from the sky news centre from 7pm to 5am . what s on events and local charity information for bucks feature prominently . references edit a b mix 96 20th birthday . mix 96 . external links edit official website v t e aylesbury buckinghamshire county council elections aylesbury vale district council elections aylesbury constituency wards suburbs and neighbourhoods bedgrove berryfields broughton california elm farm elmhurst fairford leys haydon hill new zealand prebendal farm quarrendon queens park southcourt turnfurlong walton walton court watermead weedon hill civil parishes aylesbury buckingham park coldharbour watermead about aylesbury architecture aylesbury duck aylesbury united f.c. players aylesbury waterside theatre bucks herald mix 96 people list of parliamentary constituencies in buckinghamshire list of places in buckinghamshire list of civil parishes in buckinghamshire 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mix 96 aylesbury & oldid 694027114 categories the local radio companyradio stations in buckinghamshireaylesburyradio stations established in 1994hidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from november 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesuse dmy dates from february 2015use british english from february 2015coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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