area uk frequency sky digital 0208 live stream first air date 18 december 2006 5 october 2007 format contemporary owner somethin else website www.radiomusicshop.com radio music shop was a uk radio station based in london that broadcast nationally on the internet and sky digital alongside the freeview platform in england wales and southern scotland 24 hours a day 7 days a week . it was claimed to be the world s first retail radio station citation needed i.e. a station that rather than being funded by adverts it is funded by album sales bought directly from the station . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 presenters 4 regulation 5 external links history edit the station was the brainchild of sonita alleyne and was created by somethin else sound directions ltd. . it began broadcasting at 8am 18 december 2006 with the first track being the verve s bitter sweet symphony . because of the sales nature of the station the launch team was bought in drew on the success of shopping television channels and was headed by director of programming marcus railton who had previously been responsible for launch managing the sit up channels price drop.tv and speedauction tv . the station closed down on 5 october 2007 . programming edit rms played adult contemporary music to suit the listening habits of its demographic of 35 to 55 year olds . its presenters shared anecdotes trivia and background about the tracks they are playing . it ran no adverts or news broadcasts . the playlist consisted of tracks from a range of genres from over the last 30 years . the playlist of the station reflected the collection of albums available to them as well as the range of artists back catalogs . presenters edit the presenters were nana akua shak sean macintosh marcus railton mark ryes ross tilley terry doyle eddie matthews dave armstrong lucy irving emma mackie charlie mcardle nick minter regulation edit as radio music shop was an advert for its own services it was governed by the advertising standards authority and ofcom and had to abide by the icstis code of practice due to its premium rate telephone number . as it did not carry any other commercials it was not monitored by rajar . external links edit official website somethin else parent company website review by pocket lint.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio music shop & oldid 690965040 categories defunct radio stations in the united kingdom2007 disestablishmentshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2013use british english from august 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2007 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 16 november 2015 at 20 41 . 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