Rother FM testing

Rother FM from Rotherham noted today on 96.1 , with test transmissions. Announced that full programmes are due to start on Sunday October 15th, at 10:00 (presumably 10 am).

RDS = ROTHERFM

Rother FM website

Promos aired for advertising on Rother FM, and pledges of support for the station from various local organisations, groups and individuals (including the Rotherham MP).

Signal audible at my house with a reasonable signal, but - due to Rother FM sharing a frequency with Nottingham ILR Trent FM - this is not the same across Clowne. In some parts of Clowne and large parts of the nearby village of Whitwell, Trent FM wins the battle for audibility on 96.1.

Going north, however, Rother FM is audible as far as Kippax with a reasonable signal - although, driving along the A1 from junctions 35 to 42, sometimes the signal seems to suffer interference and/or bleedover from adjacent stations.

In a weird way, however, I guess it is kinda appropriate that Rother FM gives a better signal near Leeds than near Clowne; technically, both Rotherham and Leeds are in Yorkshire ;-)