Founded 1989 | Parent organization Lyca Media II Ltd | |
Subsidiaries London Media Company, Time FM 106.8 Limited, South London Radio Ltd. | ||
Sunrise Radio Group Limited was a UK radio broadcaster (chairman Avtar Lit), and runs Sunrise Radio. The company also used to own London Media Company Limited. In January 2014, Sunrise Radio Limited, owners of Sunrise Radio 1, Sunrise Radio 3, Time 107.5 and Tristar 96.6, entered Administration, and were acquired for an estimated £2m on 4 February 2014 by Lyca Media II Ltd, a subdivision of Lycamobile.
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Stations
The company owns and manages the following radio stations:
It also owns 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire
Former stations
These ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations.
The stations that were sold to Lyca media in 2014 are:
Sunrise also formerly owned 65% of Radio Plymouth, but this was sold in March 2013.
107.3 Radio Exe was also owned by the group until 2011.
Controversies
The company has recently come under investigation for allegedly delaying in passing on £160,000 raised for the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.