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Hallam FM is an independent local radio station serving South Yorkshire and the North Midlands from studios in Sheffield. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio as part of its Big City Network of FM contemporary music stations in Northern England.

The station started broadcasting on 1548kHz/194m AM, 95.2 and 95.9 MHz FM under the name of Radio Hallam from its studios at Hartshead in Sheffield City Centre on 1st October 1974. The first presenter heard on air was ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Johnny Moran - the first record he played was I've Got the Music in Me by Kiki Dee, which stuck after a minute and a half.

In 1987, Hallam merged with neighbouring Yorkshire stations Pennine Radio in Bradford and Viking Radio in Hull to form the now-defunct Yorkshire Radio Network. Currently, Hallam shares some weekend programming and news material with Radio Aire in Leeds.

The frequencies were changed during the 1980s to 96.1 FM for Rotherham, 97.4 FM for Sheffield, 102.9 FM for Barnsley, and 103.4 for the rest of South Yorkshire. After a take-over of the parent company YRN by the Metro Radio Group, the AM frequency became Great Yorkshire Gold. The Rotherham transmitter was turned off in the 1990s as part of Hallam's licence agreement and is now used by Rother FM. Hallam also moved its studio facilities to 900 Herries Road, just minutes from Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground. The office space at Hartshead is now used by the Sheffield Star newspaper^[1].

As the Metro Radio group was bought by EMAP, Hallam FM also became part of the Big City Network in Northern England.

Hallam FM's main competitors are BBC Radio 1, Galaxy Yorkshire & Real Radio. Other local competing stations include BBC Radio Sheffield, Peak FM, Rother FM, Dearne FM & Trax FM.

The station broadcasts on analogue frequencies on 97.4 FM (Tapton Hill), 103.4 FM (Clifton, near the M18) and 102.9 FM (Ardsley) in Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley respectively. Almost the whole region is covered on 103.4 FM. The station also broadcasts via DAB on the Bauer Radio multiplex, and online.

The Love Confessional (produced by Hallam FM) is simulcast with Radio Aire.

In:Demand and AfterHours are produced from Key 103 in Manchester while JK and Joel's Saturday Night Thing is a voicetracked programme from Radio Aire in Leeds. Late 'n' Live is produced from the studios of Magic 105.4 in London.

Big City Network: CFM 路 Hallam FM 路 Key 103 路 Metro Radio 路 Radio City 96.7 路 96.3 Radio Aire 路 97.4 Rock FM 路 TFM Radio 路 96.9 Viking FM

Big City Scotland and Northern Ireland: 102.5 Clyde 1 路 Cool FM  路 Downtown Radio 路 97.3 Forth One 路 Tay FM 路 97.4 MFR 路 Moray Firth Radio 1107AM 路 Northsound 1 路 Radio Borders 路 96.7 West FM 路 West Sound FM

Kiss Network: Kiss 100 路 Kiss 101 路 Kiss 105-108

Magic Network: Magic 105.4 路 Magic AM 路 Magic 828 路 Magic 999 路 Magic 1152 路 Piccadilly Magic 1152 路 Magic 1161 路 Magic 1170 路 Magic 1548

Scottish AM stations: Clyde 2 路 1548 Forth 2 路 Northsound 2 路 Tay AM 路 West Sound (AM)

Other radio assets: Kerrang! 105.2 (West Midlands FM and national digital)  路 Wave 105 路 City Talk 105.9

UK Consumer Titles: Angling Times 路 Bella 路 Bike 路 Bird Watching 路 Car 路 Classic Bike 路 Classic Cars 路 Closer 路 Country Walking 路 Digital Photo 路 Empire 路 FHM 路 First 路 Freesail 路 Garden Answers 路 Garden News 路 Golf World 路 Grazia 路 Improve Your Coarse Fishing 路 Heat 路 Instant Beauty 路 Kerrang! 路 Land Rover Owner International 路 Match 路 Max Power 路 Model Rail 路 Mojo 路 More! 路 Mother & Baby 路 Motorcycle News (MCN) 路 New Woman 路 Parker's 路 Performance Bikes 路 Pop 路 Practical Classics 路 Practical Fishkeeping 路 Practical Photography 路 Pregnancy & Birth 路 Puzzle Magazines 路 Q 路 RAIL 路 RiDE 路 Sea Angler 路 Shopping for Baby 路 Skiing 路 Steam Railway 路 Spirit&Destiny 路 Take a Break 路 That's life! 路 Today's Golfer 路 Top Sante 路 Total TVguide 路 Trail 路 Trout & Salmon 路 Trout Fisherman 路 TV Choice 路 TV Quick 路 Waves 路 What Bike? 路 Your Horse 路 Yours 路 Zoo

US Consumer Titles: ASTROgirl 路 First for Women 路 In Touch Weekly 路 J-14 路 Life & Style Weekly 路 Life Story 路 M 路 QuizFest 路 Soaps in Depth 路 Twist 路 Woman's World

German Consumer Titles: Bravo 路 Das Neue Blatt

Business Publications: AM 路 Fleet News 路 Pet Product Marketing 路 Sewells Information and Research

Distribution: Seymour 路 Frontline

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