1-10-2003 - Founders buy back Brighton's Juice 107.2

Brighton & Hove Radio Ltd, a new company put together by the founders of Juice 107.2, has bought back the city's youth market leading radio station.
Originally called Surf 107.2, the radio station was sold to Newcastle based Forever Broadcasting PLC in December 2000.

Steven Stark, Co-Director said:
"We are thrilled to announce that Juice 107.2 is coming home.  Brighton is really buzzing at the moment. The existing management team has made great progress over recent months and there couldn't be a better time to be investing in the future of this dynamic young business."

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Daniel Nathan, Co-Director added:
"We passionately believe that the city's only dedicated local radio station should live and breathe Brighton. We look forward to working with the existing management team to create a radio station that truly reflects the people, places and sounds of our unique home town."

Making a Splash
Shareholders in Brighton & Hove Radio Ltd have also bought out Forever Broadcasting's 35% stake in neighbouring Splash FM Ltd in Worthing in conjunction with the Splash founders. 
Splash FM Chairman James Brathwaite takes on a similar position at Brighton & Hove Radio.

For further information please call: Steven Stark or Daniel Nathan
on 01273 669595

Press Release - August 2003

And the beat goes on: New Shows launch on totallyradio for our aural pleasure
1. Solid Steel – Ninja Tune
2. The Iman Selection with DJ Benja
3. Catskills

totallyradio is an internet radio station which promotes and celebrates music from outside the mainstream.
The station provides on-demand specialist music radio across a range of genres. Established as an antidote to the sugary pop of mainstream commercial radio totallyradio reaches a worldwide audience delivering over 40,000 hours of listening a week.

This month the pioneering Brighton based service launches three new shows with key partners from the independent music sector. The new programmes extend the range of a unique platform for non-mainstream music.

“In a commercial radio climate of PR-led playlists rule and dumbed down pop, great music and talented artists are not receiving the airplay they deserve.
Totallyradio fills a niche with vast archives of great music as well as new shows week in and out. We look to develop partnerships to create new shows that broaden our offer.
These new shows fit with totallyradio’s ethos of promoting quality music from around the globe. “ (Steve Stark – MD totallyradio)

1. Solid Steel presented by Ninja Tunes
Solid Steel began way back in 1988 when Matt Black & Jonathan More both had their own shows on the then pirate station of KISS.
They joined up to form both the duo Coldcut and the show Solid Steel on KISS 100 FM.

Since then PC and later Strictly Kev of DJ Food have joined in on a regular basis and became a weekly fixture on the show. DK joined as producer as the show needed someone to organise and run things with Coldcut and Food increasingly away on tour. DK has become a regular contributor and widely respected DJ in his own right.

'All the essential Ninja trademarks are here, deft, witty mixing, screwy spoken word and ace juxtaposition.' Time Out

The 1st Solid Steel show was broadcast on totallyradio in July 2003.
The shows can be found in the totallyradio archives and new ones are broadcast for free every fortnight.

2. The Iman Selection with DJ Benja
DJ Benja did his first show on WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago in 1995 and currently has a bi-weekly show on Friday afternoons that has been going steady since 1999.
His show on totallyradio features the heavy roots reggae sounds of the 70s era in an extended mix style. Focussing on a particular artist, producer, studio or style, each show highlights the variety of riddim versions in his selection.

Chicago isn't the hottest spot for roots reggae in the US but Benja keeps the spirit alive with his show and weekly reggae night in Hyde Park on Chicago's South side.
Other credits include his DJ work for Voice of Soweto and Radio CKI both in South Africa.

“I focus on playing the dub & roots reggae cuts coming from the late sixties to the early eighties. I love the classic roots sound. I like to play sounds that reveal the different connections within reggae music, and on my radio show I often juggle between different cuts on the same rhythms to give the listener a better context for the music. “

3. Catskills presented by Jonny Reggae
Mr Reggae is one of three top cats at Catskills Records, co-founder of the label and the club nights that go with it. With twelve years of DJing under his belt, and tireless work in the UK promoting the hip hop, beats and reggae scene, you can expect a diverse selection of tunes every month on this new show on totallyradio.

In 1996 Jonny and two old friends threw some money together and started a record label called Catskills Records.
The first release on Catskills was Sonorous Stars' Indian Motorcyles: a lush down tempo EP that still is considered a classic of it's time. Catskills has steadily grown to become one of the most influencial and successful independent record labels in the the UK and has chart success with Finland's finest Pepe Deluxé.

Streaming from studios in Brighton, England,
totallyradio is available now at www.totallyradio.com