north east star radio logo city darlington county durham north yorkshire broadcast area tees valley county durham north yorkshire frequency fm 102.3 mhz thirsk 102.6 mhz richmond 102.8 mhz county durham 103.2 mhz darlington 103.5 mhz northallerton 106.8 mhz bishop auckland rds star first air date 2009 format adult contemporary music owner ukrd group website star radio north east star radio north east is an independent local radio station serving darlington county durham northallerton richmond thirsk and surrounding areas . it is owned and operated by ukrd group and broadcasts from studios at radio house in darlington . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news 3 references 4 external links history edit following ukrd s take over of the local radio company star radio north east was launched on 2 november 2009 formed when the new owners merged alpha 103.2 minster northallerton and durham fm into one station . 1 originally the alpha name was to be used making the stations alpha northallerton and alpha durham . 2 programming edit all of star radio north east s programming is produced and broadcast from its darlington studios . presenter led programming airs from 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on weekdays 6am 2pm and 3 6pm on saturdays and 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on sunday . all other output is automated . 3 the station s presenters are wes stakes weekday breakfast 6 10am craig andrews 10am 2pm tim lichfield weekday drive 3 7pm john clayton wind down zone 10pm 12am and michael weadock cover . 4 news edit star radio north east broadcasts hourly local news bulletins from 6am 6pm on weekdays and 8am 1pm at weekends with headlines on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried every hour at all other times . 5 the station s news team are editor louise fewster and journalist ellie kumar . 6 references edit sweney mark 14 may 2009 . merger take over details . the guardian . london . retrieved 2010 01 26 . alpha name change details . retrieved 2010 01 26 . star radio north east public file star radio north east presenters star radio north east public file star radio news extra external links edit official website v t e ukrd group radio 96.4 eagle radio eagle3 eagle extra kl.fm 96.7 pirate fm pirate 2 star radio cambridge and ely former tlrc stations 2br minster fm mix 96 spire fm spirit fm star radio north east stray fm sun fm wessex fm yorkshire coast radio dab multiplexes muxco north yorkshire muxco surrey & sussex south west digital radio other ukrd support & development first radio sales heart south devon itsmymarket.com savebuckets.com former assets 107 the bee merged with 2br arrow fm central 103.1 fm dune fm isle of wight radio ivel fm nova radio pennine fm 106.9 silk fm sovereign fm the quay vale fm 107.3 abbey fm closed mix 107 closed v t e radio stations in north east england major stations bbc newcastle bbc tees capital heart metro radio radio borders smooth star radio sun fm tfm community radio ne1fm radio hartlepool radio sunderland for hospitals radio teesdale spark fm spice fm student radio click teesside newcastle student radio purple radio pirate radio radio 270 dab multiplexes metro radio 2 real radio xs tfm 2 defunct stations alpha radio durham fm great north radio minster northallerton radio tees tynedale fm coordinates 54 31 39 n 1 33 39 w 54.5275 n 1.5608 w 54.5275 ; 1.5608 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 star radio north east & oldid 733975283 categories the local radio companyradio stations in yorkshireradio stations in north east englandunited kingdom radio station stubshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2012use british english from august 2012official website different in wikidata and wikipediacoordinates on wikidataall 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 11 august 2016 at 09 18 . 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