area bristol and bath somerset slogan we re in charge frequency 106.5 mhz first air date 20 may 2007 format classic hits audience share 4.3 % december 2010 1 owner celador radio website sam fm sam fm bristol is an english language adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.5 mhz fm in bristol united kingdom and is owned by celador radio . contents 1 history 1.1 original 106.5 1.2 jack fm 1.3 rebrand to sam fm and merger 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit original 106.5 edit the station was awarded its original broadcast licence in september 2006 as original 106.5 and commenced broadcasting on 20 may 2007 . it was owned by a group of investors under the name tomahawk radio . the station originally broadcast an adult oriented format with 40 % of its music coming from past or present top 20 charts . jack fm edit 106 jack fm replaced original which had previously broadcast using the same frequency on 2 december 2009 following a staged on air argument and station hijacking the previous day . 1 the station was acquired by celador radio on 7 september 2010 . 2 rebrand to sam fm and merger edit from 1 april 2015 the jack fm name was dropped in favour of sam fm by the station owner celador radio who decided on changing the name six months beforehand . 3 the station s topical imaging are voiced by actor and comedian gareth hale of hale and pace . on 25 may 2016 ofcom announced it had granted celador permission to merge the station with its sister station in swindon . the company said the swindon station was not financially viable as a stand alone service having made a 50 000 loss in 2015 . 4 the station will continue to broadcast its weekday breakfast show from bristol shared with the swindon station and will retain local news bulletins traffic updates and what s on information . see also edit the breeze 107.2 the breeze 107 hampshire sam fm south coast sam fm swindon references edit mike ford row with bristol dj launches new radio station . bristol evening post . 2 december 2009 . archived from the original on 5 january 2010 . retrieved 2009 12 09 . details of acquisition by celador . retrieved 2010 07 09 . radio today celador s jack stations to become sam fm 1 april 2015 sam fm swindon to merge with sam fm bristol radio today 25 may 2016 external links edit official website v t e radio stations in south west england bristol & bath bcfm breeze bristol bath bbc bristol sam fm kiss heart bristol bath hub radio smooth ujima urb cornwall bbc radio cornwall heart penwith radio pirate fm radio scilly radio st austell bay source fm devon bay fm cross rhythms bbc devon radio exe fresh fm heart exeter torbay plymouth north devon south devon hospital radio plymouth palm 105.5 radio plymouth phonic fm smooth dab soundart radio the voice xpression fm dorset abbey air breeze fire heart hot sam fm nerve bbc solent wave 105 wessex fm gloucestershire breeze corinium bbc gloucestershire gloss fm gloucester fm heart smooth sunshine radio dab radio winchcombe somerset breeze north mid & west south east heart portishead radio bbc somerset somer valley fm tone fm worthy fm wiltshire breeze fromefm heart sam fm smooth spire fm swindon 105.5 bbc wiltshire 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 this article about a radio station in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sam fm bristol & oldid 739122248 categories radio stations in bristolorganisations based in bristolradio stations established in 2009united kingdom radio station stubshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013use british english from august 2013official website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 22 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view