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BOB fm Hertfordshire and Home Counties is a radio station broadcasting to 106.7 MHz and 106.9 MHz on FM in Knebworth, Hertford, Ware, Hatfield, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Welwyn Garden City, Watton-at-Stone in the United Kingdom and to the Home Counties on DAB digital radio broadcasting on Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire multiplex and streaming at www.bobfm.co.uk. Programming originates from studios at the Old Pump House in Knebworth Park. ==Early Years: Radio Hertford and HertBeat== In October 1998, following seven years of lobbying of the Radio Authority Radio Hertford was granted a Restricted Service Licence to broadcast for a two week period to Hertford and surrounding areas. In 1999 the Radio Authority invited applications to apply for a long-term Hertford licence. The Radio Hertford consortium submitted a bid to broadcast as Hertbeat FM competing with a rival entrant, Stag FM, backed by The Daily Mail Radio Group. Citing Radio Hertford's lobbying of the Radio Authority, trial broadcast and emphasis on local content, the HertBeat FM bid was awarded licence in February 2000: "an imaginative, music-led service, targeted at discerning 25 to 54 year olds, with intelligent speech that emphasises local news and information." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/00/pr032.htm )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/00/pr023.htm )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010217121534/http://www.hertbeat.com/news1.htm )〕 Following the award, the Old Pump House at Knebworth Park was converted into a radio studio. Broadcasting commenced on 3 March 2001 with the inaugural show presented by Robbie Owen, a director of the company. Amongst the original team was Steve Folland, who continued presenting at the station until November 2013. July 2005 saw HertBeat FM acquired by Shadow Radio Holdings Ltd., led by Brett Harley, resulting in a change of directors. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2005/07/new-owner-for-hertbeat-fm/ )〕 The station continued its offering of locally-oriented content, music and request shows using a roster of presenters through the day and night. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BOB fm (Hertfordshire)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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