navigation search for the east hampshire station see the breeze south & east hampshire . the breeze broadcast area basingstoke and surroundings slogan tune in feel good frequency 107.6 mhz first air date 16 december 2012 1 format soft ac audience share 9.7 % december 2009 1 owner celador website basingstoke.thebreeze.com the breeze basingstoke is a local radio station covering basingstoke and the surrounding area of north hampshire uk and is part of the breeze network of stations . contents 1 history 1.1 kestrel fm 2 celador takeover 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit kestrel fm edit the basingstoke station launched on 18 may 1998 2 and is now owned by celador . the previous owners milestone launched a free weekly local newspaper the basingstoke observer in association with kestrel fm in 2000 . in 2010 107.6 kestrel fm in basingstoke was merged with delta fm in alton bordon haslemere and petersfield . however initially the old delta fm frequencies had a separate breakfast show hosted by dave trumper . outside of weekday breakfast the former delta radio frequencies shared with kestrel fm 107.6 . by 2011 even this practice seemed to have been discontinued with all areas receiving programming from basingstoke . 3 celador takeover edit up until 2012 kestrel fm was run by the tindle radio group . the station was latterly taken over by celador and on 16 december 2012 rebranded as the breeze . the station continues to broadcast programming from its basingstoke studios from where regional programming for the thames valley and local news bulletins originate . the east hampshire frequencies were moved to the southampton based breeze station and 107.6 to the thames valley station . see also edit celador the breeze radio network references edit radio authority pocket book . radio authority . june 2000 . p. 48 . radio authority pocket book . radio authority . june 2000 . p. 48 . kestrel fm schedule . retrieved 2011 12 13 . external links edit official website v t e radio stations in hampshire major stations the breeze andover the breeze basingstoke the breeze south & east hampshire bbc radio solent 103.2 capital fm south coast smooth radio heart solent sam fm south coast wave 105 community radio skyline community radio hedge end unity 101 southampton 103.9 voice fm southampton student radio echo radio farnborough pure fm portsmouth radio sonar solent surge southampton online stations bizz radio basingstoke dab multiplexes now south hampshire now berkshire & north hampshire coordinates 51 15 56 n 1 05 00 w 51.265461 n 1.083227 w 51.265461 ; 1.083227 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 the breeze basingstoke % 26 north hampshire & oldid 690190780 categories basingstokeradio stations in hampshireradio stations established in 1998united kingdom radio station stubshidden categories use dmy dates from october 2013use british english from october 2013coordinates 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 november 2015 at 21 00 . 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