Sunrise Radio Group
Sunrise Radio Group Limited was a UK radio broadcaster (chairman Avtar Lit), and ran Sunrise Radio. The company also used to own London Media Company Limited.[1] In January 2014, Sunrise Radio Limited, owners of Sunrise Radio 1, Sunrise Radio 3, Time 107.5 and Tristar 96.6, fell into administration, and were acquired for an estimated £2m on 4 February 2014.[2]
Stations
The company owned and managed the following radio stations:
- Sunrise Radio
- Asia Broadcasting Corporation (Sri Lanka) - Hiru fm, Sha fm, Sun fm, Gold fm, Sooriyan fm.
It also owned 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire
Former stations
- Punjabi Radio
- Yarr Radio
- South London Radio 107.3
- Time 106.8
These ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations.[3]
The stations that were sold are:
Sunrise also formerly owned 65% of Radio Plymouth, but this was sold in March 2013.[4]
107.3 Radio Exe was also owned by the group until 2011.
Controversies
The company came under investigation for allegedly delaying passing on £160,000 raised for the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.[5]
References
- sunriseradio.com
- Baddhan, Raj (4 February 2014). "Administrators confirm Sunrise Radio sale to Lyca". bizAsia. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090611080420/https://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.4589
- http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/03/sunrise-sells-shares-in-radio-plymouth/
- theguardian.co.uk
External links
- littcorp.com - Official website of owner Litt Corporation.