{"id":503401,"date":"2026-03-30T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503401\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:20:13","slug":"isle-of-wight-radio-to-launch-new-retro-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503401\/","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight Radio to launch new retro radio station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Isle of Wight Radio is launching a new sister station, Isle of Wight Radio Retro, which will play hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s with a nostalgic style of broadcasting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The station goes live this April on the Isle of Wight\u2019s new small-scale DAB multiplex.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countypress.co.uk\/news\/25960492.attraction-close-public-september-15-wonderful-years\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Attraction to close to the public in September after &#8217;15 wonderful years&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Isle of Wight Radio is launching a new sister station, Isle of Wight Radio Retro. (Image: Isle of Wight Radio)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Claire John, managing director of Isle of Wight Radio, said: &#8220;We\u2019re absolutely delighted to help bring small-scale DAB radio to the Isle of Wight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As well as offering our main station on DAB, Retro will provide something a little different \u2014 a fresh yet familiar sound for the Island.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We can\u2019t wait for listeners to tune in and enjoy the music and memories.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Isle of Wight Radio, a staple of the Island\u2019s airwaves for more than 35 years, said every part of the new station \u2014 from jingles to presentation \u2014 has been thoughtfully designed to evoke the spirit of decades gone by.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The launch marks the station\u2019s expansion into digital broadcasting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  With Isle of Wight Radio Retro, listeners will be able to easily access the station through modern DAB technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight Radio is launching a new sister station, Isle of Wight Radio Retro, which will play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-503401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}