[cma-l] Asian Star Radio to launch on Sky Digital

[CMA-L]

Slough's Asian community station Asian Star Radio is set to launch on
Sky Digital next month, it has been announced.

Asian Star Radio, spearheaded by Ray Siddique and Pritam Chaggar, has
confirmed to BizAsia.co.uk that it will be going national by launching
on the satellite platform from Sunday 1st February on Sky EPG 0213.
This channel is currently occupied by Polish station PRL 24 but will
be handed over to Asian Star Radio from next month.

In a statement by the channel, it said, "Under the current climate
most businesses and services including commercial radio are under
going tough challenges, and especially when it comes to the community
radio sector of the industry, but Asian Star Radio has successfully
gone through it's tough times to see light at the other end."

Asian Star Radio has recently relocated its studios to The Observatory
Shopping Centre in High Street, Slough - former radio studios of Time
106.6FM owned by Sunrise Group.

Asian Star Radio currently broadcasts in Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead
and parts of Heathrow on 101.6FM and online.

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/01/asian_star_radi_1.php

http://www.asianstar1016.co.uk/

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