durham tees valley north yorkshire branding your music your life frequency fm 96.6 mhz rds tfm dab 11b first air date 24 june 1975 format chr audience share 5.9 % june 2016 rajar owner bauer radio sister stations tfm 2 tfm 3 webcast radioplayer website www.tfmradio.co.uk tfm is a local radio station owned and operated by bauer radio as part of the city 1 network . it broadcasts to county durham tees valley and north yorkshire from studios in newcastle . the station currently broadcasts on 96.6 fm dab and online with dab services provided by bauer digital . in april 2013 the station was merged with metro radio in newcastle . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 merger with metro radio 2 programming 2.1 news 3 references 4 external links history edit tfm logo used from 2013 to 2015 . from the start of broadcasting in 1975 tfm then known as radio tees was owned by sound broadcasting teesside ltd and originally broadcast on 257 medium wave only with a later launch on 95 vhf . after a government radio frequency re shuffle in the mid 1980s the fm frequency was swapped with bbc radio cleveland and radio tees shifted to 96.6 fm in 1986 . in 1988 radio tees was relaunched as tfm 96.6 after being taken over by newcastle upon tyne based metro radio group . shortly after this a new medium wave station called great north radio gnr was launched after broadcasting rules meant tfm could not broadcast on both fm and medium wave . in the late 1990s tfm was taken over by emap along with the rest of the metro radio group stations and integrated into emap s big city group . shortly after this the station was re branded 96.6 tfm . in july 2007 tfm was rebranded tfm radio and re adopted the slogan today s favourite music which had first been used in the late 1990s . in 2008 emap a publicly listed company was then bought by bauer media a privately owned german based family business the radio group was renamed bauer place . on 8 april 2013 the station reverted to tfm with the same slogan as metro radio non stop hits and more music variety . the rds name was again changed to tfm the end of july 2013 . merger with metro radio edit as of monday 8 april 2013 programming is shared with sister station metro radio in newcastle . the tfm branding is retained along with separate news bulletins and advertising . two journalists are based locally for newsgathering . 1 the two stations were able to merge without consultation as the tfm licence area is located in one approved broadcast area north east england . 2 the tfm studios in thornaby were closed and remaining staff were moved to newcastle . most on air staff were made redundant 3 including breakfast presenters wayne tunnicliffe and amy mcconnell who were replaced by metro radio counterparts steve furnell and karen wight . 4 despite the merger rajar reported an increase in weekly listener reach for tfm during the second quarter of 2013 . 5 programming edit all programming on tfm local networked and syndicated is shared with metro radio . the majority of the station s programming is produced from newcastle including networked shows on friday nights and saturday breakfast . other networked programming originates from key 103 in manchester radio aire in leeds and forth 1 in edinburgh . the vodafone big top 40 is syndicated from global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on over 145 commercial radio stations across the uk . the station s north east based presenters include steve furnell and karen wight tfm radio breakfast brian moore weekday daytimes dan moylan home run alan robson night owls with alan robson sunday thursday late nights chris felton saturday afternoons and jonny chambers sunday afternoons . 6 the station s national network presenters include paddy mcguinness darryl morris dave kelly jack wood kelly pegg marvin humes simon morykin wes butters and so wright . 7 news edit tfm broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays from 7am to 1pm on saturdays and sundays . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows alongside sport and traffic bulletins . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons usually produced at sister station radio aire in leeds . references edit a b tfm leaves teesside to share with metro radiotoday 5 april 2013 leading mep to demand action from ofcom over tfm metro merger the northern echo 7 april 2013 former dj goffy hits out at tfm radio and metro radio s merger chronicle live 7 april 2013 backlash from listeners as bauer moves tfm out of teesside prolific north 8 april 2013 around the stations for rajar q2 2013 radio today 1 august 2013 tfm djs 1 external links edit official website tfm bauer media advertising tfm studio photos 2003 by richard moore v t e bauer media group publishing consumer titles australia apc australian geographic the australian women s weekly cleo cosmopolitan dolly empire fhm grazia harper s 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