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

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
  1. sunriseradio.com
  2. Baddhan, Raj (4 February 2014). "Administrators confirm Sunrise Radio sale to Lyca". bizAsia. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Radio Today with RCS: Two London radio stations close". radiotoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. "Sunrise sells shares in Radio Plymouth". 19 March 2013.
  5. theguardian.co.uk
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