this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message spirit fm broadcast area west sussex frequency fm 96.6 goodwood 102.3 littlehampton 106.6 mhz midhurst first air date 21 april 1996 format contemporary audience share 7.0 % december 2015 rajar owner ukrd group website www.spiritfm.net spirit fm broadcasts to west sussex from studios in dukes court chichester the place it has been since its launch over 20 years ago . it was previously only available in the south west of the county but gained complete coverage through a transmitter near midhurst . history edit spirit fm began broadcasting in april 1996 as an independent radio station . its original chairman was david palmer . the founding md was steve oates . previous programme controllers have included kevin dyball martin lee ian meadows paul williams bernard allen duncan barkes and ian crouch . programming edit spirit fm was awarded the licence to broadcast to west sussex by the former radio authority now ofcom in 1995 . the station is now the most listened to commercial radio station across west sussex with local news and programming broadcast from its studios in chichester . the station doesn t use any network programming apart from the national big top 40 on sunday afternoon . spirit fm is wholly owned by ukrd group . presenters include stuart mcginley breakfast and programme content controller ian crouch daytime kate goddard drivetime . nick hobbs and iain meadows at weekends . external links edit official website ukrd coordinates 50 49 55 n 0 45 25 w 50.831960 n 0.756844 w 50.831960 ; 0.756844 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spirit fm uk radio station & oldid 722674607 categories ukrdradio stations established in 1996radio stations in sussexmedia in sussexhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2012use british english from august 2012articles lacking sources from september 2011all articles lacking sourcescoordinates on wikidata 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 29 may 2016 at 14 45 . 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