Radio Essex
Radio Essex is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Essex, England via DAB and Mid and South Essex via FM, from studios in The Icon Building on Southend seafront, owned by the Adventure Radio Group. History. The station until 2015, consisted of two separate stations with separate names. Chelmer FM began broadcasting on 107.7 FM in 1998, under the ownership of Mid Essex Radio Ltd. The station was re-branded twice, first in 2002 by the Tindle Radio Group as Dream 107.7 (in line with Dream 100, also owned by Tindle Radio), then again in 2009 by  Adventure Radio as Chelmsford Radio. Southend Radio began broadcasting on 105.1 FM in 2008. The station was awarded its licence to broadcast in October 2005, beating three rival bids. The two radio stations began sharing programming from 2009. On 6 June 2013 the stations launched on DAB under the singular service Radio Essex. On 23 March 2015 all three stations merged and relaunched as Radio Essex. Programming. All programming on Radio Essex is broadcast from its studios in The Icon Building on Southend seafront, which also at times provides programming for other stations owned by Adventure Radio. The station broadcasts  local news bulletins from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, and between 8am and 11am at weekends. Travel news is broadcast between 6am and 7pm on weekdays and provided live at key times from the Essex Traffic Control Centre at County Hall in Chelmsford. There are also travel bulletins at the weekend. Technical. Radio Essex broadcasts to Southend-on-Sea on 105.1 MHz from a transmitter located at the top of Maitland House in Southend High Street. In Chelmsford and Mid Essex, Radio Essex can be received on 107.7 MHz. This is broadcast from a  mobile phone mast at Church Green in the village Danbury.