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| Broadcast area | East London and West Essex |
| Frequency | 107.5 MHz |
| RDS | TIME1075 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nation Broadcasting Lyca Media |
| History | |
First air date | 18 May 1998 (1998-05-18) |
Last air date | 1 August 2025 (2025-08-01) |
Former names | Active 107.5 FM Soul City FM |
| Links | |
| Website | www.time1075.net |
Time 107.5 was an Independent Local Radio station, based in Romford and broadcasting to East London and West Essex.[1]
Time played a variety of music from the 1960s to the present day. News reports were live, in-house bulletins, with local stories covering the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.
History
The station launched as Active 107.5 FM and, after ten years of planning, went on air on 18 May 1998, broadcasting to East London and in particular to the London Boroughs of Havering and Barking & Dagenham. Active FM played a mix of new and old pop music with an emphasis on soul and rhythm and blues; evening shows catered for specialist musical tastes covering genres including disco, garage and contemporary club music. The station had its own local news team which would broadcast from Studio 2.
The station was run out of Lambourne House, Romford and its transmitter was located on the roof.
Active FM was bought by UKRD Group which later ran the station as Soul City FM. Soul City was then acquired by the London Media Company, a subdivision of the Sunrise Radio Group in April 2004,[2] resulting in a format and name change to Time.
From June 2009 until April 2012, weekends on Time FM were produced by Centreforce as Centreforce Sessions, with shows and DJs including Jumping Jack Frost, Artful Dodger, Soul Syndicate (Peter P, Chris Phillips), Matt Jam Lamont, and Mr Buzzhard. A change of management at Time FM saw the relationship parting company.[3]
In January 2014, Time entered administration, along with its sister stations, Time 106.6, Sunrise Radio and Kismat Radio. On 4 February 2014, they were acquired for an estimated £2m by Lyca Media, a subdivision of Lycamobile.[4][5]
In 2024, the station celebrated its 20th anniversary under the brand of Time FM.
Closure
On 1 August 2025, it was announced that Nation Broadcasting had acquired Time from Lyca Media and that the station was to close down at 2pm that day.[6][7] The frequency was taken over by Nation Radio London, and marked the end of the Time after operating for 21 years.[8] The last song played on the station was Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack.
References
- ^ "MCAs". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Sunrise acquires fifth London radio station". Biz Asia. 28 May 2004.
- ^ "Thousands join Facebook campaign to save Time FM's Soul Syndicate sessions". Romford Recorder. Romford Recorder. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Administrators confirm Sunrise Radio sale to Lyca". BizAsia. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Time 107.5 FM takes presenters off air following sale". Ilford Recorder. 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Time 107.5 to close today as Nation Radio London takes over". RadioToday. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Time 107.5FM presenters move to new station All Hits Radio". Romford Recorder. 19 August 2025. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Time 107.5FM radio station taken over by Nation Broadcasting". Romford Recorder. 4 August 2025. Archived from the original on 14 August 2025.
External links
- Archived Time 107.5 website (2007) at Internet Archive
- Archived Time 107.5 website (2018) at Internet Archive
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