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{{Infobox Radioradio Stationstation
| name = ArrowMore Radio FMHastings
| logo =
| image = Arrow107FM logo.png
| city =
| area = [[Hastings]] & [[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill]]
| airdate = 1011 April 1998▼
| | slogan = Where great music lives
| frequency = 107.8 MHz▼
▲ | airdate = 10 April 1998
| format = [[Adult Contemporary]]▼
▲ | frequency = 107.8 MHz
| power = ▼
▲ | format = [[Adult Contemporary]]
| former_names = Arrow FM
▲ | power =
| erp = 100w
| class = omni polarisation
| callsign_meaning =
| owner = [[MediaTotal SoundSense HoldingsMedia]]
| sister_stations = [[BrightMore FMRadio Mid-Sussex]], [[SovereignMore FMRadio Eastbourne]] and [[SplashMore Radio FMWorthing]]
| webcast = [https://www.moreradio.online/radioplayer/more-radio-hastings/ Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.arrowfm.co.uk arrowfm.co.uk]
| website = [http://moreradio.online/ More Radio]
}}
 
'''More Radio Hastings''', formerly '''Arrow FM''', is an [[Independent Local Radio]] station serving [[Hastings]], [[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill]], [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]] and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by [[Total Sense Media]] and broadcasts from studios in [[Worthing]], as part of a network of stations across [[Sussex]] in [[South East England]].
'''Arrow FM''' is a United Kingdom radio station, based in Hastings, East Sussex, and operated by Media Sound Holdings Ltd. The station plays a selection of hit songs from the last forty years, and offers regular updates on local news, sport, travel and events. The station also works with a number of local charities and organisations, and can regularly be seen broadcasting from events in their transmission area.
 
The station serves the towns of Hastings, Bexhill, Battle - plus the many surrounding villages.
 
==History==
[[File:Arrow107FM logo.png|thumb|right|Arrow FM logo used until 2016]]
The history of the station dates back to 1992 when two local radio entrepreneurs, Mark Briggs and Matthew Wheeler, conducted several highly successful pilot broadcasts in Hastings (HLR) using Restricted Service Licences, as well as two in Eastbourne 'ELR' and 'Sovereign' which broadcast from the bridge of the "Earl OF Zetland" a floating restaurant at Sovereign Harbour. A third trial broadcast to Hastings "Splash FM" took place in June 1993; the licence holder was local DJ Terry James and the station manager was Terry Kane.
Arrow FM was founded in 1992 by two local radio executives, Mark Briggs and Matthew Wheeler, who conducted a series of [[Restricted Service Licence|RSL]] pilot broadcasts in both Hastings and Eastbourne. Three of the transmissions took place in Hastings under the ''Arrow FM'' and ''Splash FM'' branding - the licence holder was local DJ Terry James and the station manager was Terry Kane.
 
The group disbanded a year before the Radio Authority advertised a licence for one or more services in East Sussex, leaving well respected local businessman Bill Uttley-Moore CBE to assemble a consortium of local investors and existing radio operators.▼
 
His company, Conqueror Broadcasting Ltd, was awarded the licence for Hastings in the summer of 1997. Founder Mark Briggs joined as Managing Director and successfully launched the station on Good Friday, 10 April 1998.
 
By 2000 the station became part of a larger radio company, Radio Investments Ltd, which also had interests in nearby stations. This group went on to become [[The Local Radio Company]] which then sold Arrow FM along with sister station [[Sovereign FM]] to Media Sound Holdings in 2009.▼
 
In November 2010, [[Ofcom]] approved [[Media Sound Holdings]]'s application to share all programmes across their four stations Arrow FM, [[Bright FM]], [[Sovereign FM]] and [[Splash FM]], given that the stations "already share all programming outside of breakfast, so these changes will not substantially alter the character of the service."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6535 | title = More sharing for Sussex stations | quote = Sussex radio stations Splash, Sovereign, Bright and Arrow have been given permission to share all programmes across the stations, Ofcom has announced. | date = 7 December 2010 | accessdate = 21 February 2011 }}</ref>▼
 
===Past presenters===▼
 
Some of the presenters who were with Arrow FM in the early days of launch included Mike Buxton (news and mid-morning), [[Peter Quinn]]{{dn|date=January 2014}} (Breakfast), Clive Garrard (Breakfast and Clive's Sunday afternoon stroll), Tony Pankhurst (Saturday Sport and Sunday Night Live) now formed [http://www.hastingslocalradio.co.uk Hastings Local Radio] Gavin Lawrence (news and features), Bob James (mornings), Rob Wilson, Leon Jackson (Afternoons).
 
==Chris Copsey's death==
On 11 January 2011, breakfast show host Chris Copsey died suddenly. It is believed he collapsed in a [[Sainsbury's]] store, just hours after presenting his breakfast show.
 
Chris (also known as Coppo) had been on the airwaves across Sussex for over 25 years. He was a former presenter for the breakfast show on Southern Sound, soon to become Southern FM.<ref>[http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8786365.Daughter_of_tragic_Sussex_radio_DJ_pays_tribute_to__best_dad_in_the_world_/ Daughter of tragic Sussex radio DJ pays tribute to "best dad in the world"] The Argus, 13 January 2011</ref>
 
In 2009, shortly after the [[Heart_Sussex|Heart]] brand took over Southern FM, Chris moved to Media Sound Holdings to present the mid-morning show and revive his 'Retro Show' on Sunday afternoons. He moved to do the breakfast show shortly after that. As well as Arrow FM, Chris could also be heard on the other three stations owned by Media Sound Holdings.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5024 Chris Copsey comes back for more] Radio Today, 4 August 2009</ref>
 
▲The group disbanded a year before the Radio Authority advertised a licence for one or more services in East Sussex. The winning bid, leavingConqueror wellBroadcasting respectedLtd - a consortium of local investors and radio operators, led by businessman Bill Uttley- Moore CBE, towho assemblecreated athe consortiumArrow fm brand - won the licence in 1997. Mark Briggs rejoined the station ahead of localits investorsfull-time andlaunch existingon radio[[Good operatorsFriday]] 10 April 1998.
Chris leaves behind his wife Yvonne and two children.<ref>[http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/community/tributes_paid_to_scaynes_hill_radio_star_1_2289459 Tributes paid to Scaynes Hill radio star] Mid Sussex Times, 12 January 2011</ref>
 
▲By 2000, theArrow stationFM becamehad partbeen ofsold a larger radio company,to Radio Investments Ltd, which also had interests in nearby stations. This group went on to become [[The Local Radio Company]], which then sold Arrow FM along with sister station [[Sovereign FM]] to Media Sound Holdings in 2009. Bespoke local programming for the area was reduced to the weekday breakfast show, with all other output shared with sister stations [[Bright FM]], [[Sovereign FM]] and [[More Radio Worthing|Splash FM]].
==Presenters==
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*Kevin King (Weekday breakfast, Sunday morning/lunchtime "The Interactive Weekend")
*Paul Williams (Weekday morning/lunchtime, Saturday morning/lunchtime "The Interactive Weekend")
*Simon Osborne (Weekday drivetime, Sunday evening "The Late Lounge")
*Nick Osborne (Weekday evenings)
 
▲In November 2010, [[Ofcom]] approved [[Mediaa Sound Holdings]]'s applicationrequest to share all programmesprogramming across theirall four stations Arrow FM, [[Bright FM]], [[Sovereign FM]] and [[Splash FM]], given thatstating the stations "already share all programming outside of breakfast, so these changes will''would not substantially alter the character of the service."''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6535 | title = More sharing for Sussex stations | quote = Sussex radio stations Splash, Sovereign, Bright and Arrow have been given permission to share all programmes across the stations, Ofcom has announced. | date = 7 December 2010 | accessdate = 21 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503235846/http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6535 |archivedate=3 May 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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*Dave Adams (Saturday breakfast)
*Dave Phoenix (Saturday afternoon)
*Rik Scott (Saturday evening "Rik Scott's School Reunion")
*Anna Bingham (Sunday breakfast)
*Pete McIntosh (Sunday afternoon "The Rewind")
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===News team=Programming==
All programming on the station is produced from Total Sense's Worthing studios and shared with [[More Radio Mid-Sussex]], [[More Radio Eastbourne]] and [[More Radio Worthing]] with opt-outs for local news and advertising.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arrowfm.co.uk/public-file/ |title=Arrow FM public file |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722160933/http://arrowfm.co.uk/public-file/ |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Local news airs every hour from 6am to 6pm on weekdays and from 8am to 12pm on Saturdays with headlines on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arrowfm.co.uk/public-file/ |title=Arrow FM public file |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722160933/http://arrowfm.co.uk/public-file/ |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> National news bulletins from [[Sky News Radio]] are carried hourly at all other times.
 
▲===PastNotable past presenters===
*Alan Lewis (Head of News)
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*Lorraine White
Arrow FM's presenters during its early years of broadcasting included [[Peter Quinn (radio presenter)|Peter Quinn]].{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
*Alex Williams
*Georgie Birch
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://wwwmoreradio.arrowfm.co.uk Arrow FMonline/ officialOfficial website]
 
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