verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message viking fm city kingston upon hull broadcast area east riding of yorkshire and northern lincolnshire slogan your music your life frequency fm 96.9 mhz rds viking dab 11b first air date 17 april 1984 format classic hits & contemporary hits audience share 7.8 % june 2014 rajar transmitter coordinates 53 48 11 n 0 33 55 w 53.8031 n 0.5653 w 53.8031 ; 0.5653 coordinates 53 48 11 n 0 33 55 w 53.8031 n 0.5653 w 53.8031 ; 0.5653 owner bauer radio sister stations viking 2 viking 3 webcast whatson website www.vikingfm.co.uk viking fm is a british independent local radio station which has broadcast music and local information to the east riding of yorkshire north lincolnshire and north east lincolnshire since 1984 . 1 it is based in kingston upon hull . the station is owned & operated by bauer radio and forms part of bauer s city 1 network of stations . contents 1 technical 2 history 3 achievement 4 branding 5 programming 5.1 news 6 notable past presenters 7 references 8 external links technical edit viking fm logo used from 2004 to 2015 . the station is transmitted from the high hunsley transmitter on the yorkshire wolds near north cave sharing the 200 ft tower with capital yorkshire and bbc radio humberside as well as on the bauer humberside dab multiplex from three transmitters located at high hunsley buckton barn near bridlington and grimsby town centre . it is also streamed over the internet via viking fm s website listed in the external links making it accessible to listeners from all across the united kingdom . worldwide webcasting has recently been suspended for licensing reasons . history edit it began as viking radio on 102.7 fm and 1161mw . during the application process for the licence the station s working title was humber bridge radio . in spring 1986 the radio station had to move to 96.9 fm the then residence of arch competitor radio humberside which moved to 95.9 fm . in summer 1986 the station hit the showbiz big time by signing up the pop music connoisseur paul gambaccini . viking was the first commercial radio station in the uk to introduce split programming so that it could broadcast rugby league commentary on sunday afternoons on its am frequency leaving fm clear to take the network chart show . on 31 october 1988 viking radio split frequencies on a permanent basis and was transformed into viking fm on 96.9 fm and viking gold on 1161 said double one six one medium wave . 2 the am station later became classic gold classic gold radio great yorkshire gold great yorkshire radio magic 1161 pronounced eleven sixty one and from 2015 as viking 2 . in 1990 the yorkshire radio network who owned viking as well as radio hallam pennine radio and classic gold were bought by metro radio group who in turn were bought by media empire emap in 1996 and is part of their big city network of stations . as a result of their 2008 takeover of the group viking is now owned by bauer media group as part of their radio arm . achievement edit in 2005 the station won its first gold award at the sony radio academy awards for happy hour ; a news investigation into binge drinking in the region . they won a bronze award in 2006 for their series of programmes on subjects like asbo s and street crime . citation needed in 2005 viking fm s creative team who write and make the adverts won a vox award for a road safety ad in 2006 they won no less than 4 vox awards best campaign best use of music best media production and other and the london international awards for sound design . in 2007 they achieved a finalist place at the new york awards and won a united nations award for peace and human rights one of only 4 given out worldwide . citation needed branding edit the original logo depicted the station mascot eric the viking this was phased out in the late 1980s when the logo style was shared with its sister stations . this was later phased out and replaced by the bauer city splash ; used by many stations on the network . in 2015 the logo was overhauled across the bauer city network and viking fm has now adopted the your logo in line with branding changes to all bauer city stations . citation needed viking original package was produced by cbc creative further idents were made by jam creative productions alfasound and reelworld . viking went through a stage starting in the late 1990s of only using voice over sweeper production produced in house however in 2006 a new sung package was commissioned . these new idents are from wise buddah in the u.k 2 programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from viking fm s hull studios from 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on weekdays 2 6pm on saturdays and 12 4pm on sundays . viking fm also airs networked programming from sister stations key 103 in manchester radio aire in leeds hallam fm in sheffield 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 national network presenters include paddy mcguinness darryl morris marvin humes and wes butters . 3 news edit viking fm 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 . notable past presenters edit this article s list of people may not follow wikipedia s verifiability or notability policies . please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and members of this list or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations . february 2015 jon culshaw comedian former kingstown radio presenter keri jones now at radio scilly harriet scott now with bbc london 94.9 karen petch tina gelder now with itv yorkshire roger kirk allan lake ian roberts simon hirst diana luke foxy and tom lucy horobin now with heart steve priestley tim shaw matthew rudd references edit basic station details . retrieved 4 february 2011 . www.aircheckdownloads.com viking gold station launch 1 external links edit official website viking fm public file history of local radio in yorkshire . archived archived 19 october 2009 david s transmitter world high hunsley transmitter 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 bazaar motor nw ok people the picture qantas the australian way rolling stone 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