MFM 103.4

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MFM 103.4 (formerly Marcher Sound) is a radio station broadcasting to North West England and North East Wales from Wrexham. It is owned by GCap Media, due to the Marcher Radio Group being bought by GWR in October 2000, and broadcasts a mix of popular music and presenter chat as well as GWR/GCap networked shows, mainly in the evening. Its transmitter is on top of Hope Hill near Wrexham and although it officially broadcasts to Wrexham and Chester, it can be heard much further afield.

The station went on air in 1983, on 95.4 VHF and 1260AM under the name Marcher Sound. After a frequency review, it moved to 103.4 on the Wrexham-Rhos transmitter (for Wrexham and Chester) and on 97.1 to the Moel-y-Parc transmitter (the relay to get the signal heard on the Wirral.)

It remained as Marcher Sound until 1989 when the FM and AM frequencies were split into three separate services. MFM 103.4 remained, The Buzz 97.1 was launched on 97.1 (whose transmission site was moved to Storeton on the Wirral). This station is now known as Buzz 97.1, while the medium wave (AM) frequency became Marcher Gold, now Classic Gold Marcher.

In November 2005 it was announced that the Marcher Group's radio stations, including MFM, were to be sold, but in March 2006, despite a number of offers GCap called off the sale. [link].

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