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The smallest of seven stations in the CN Radio group, Oak 107 FM broadcasts to a TSA of 104,000 in Loughborough, Charnwood and north west Leicestershire. It is the number one commercial station in its area, with a 22% reach though the area is one of the few in the UK in which the leading station is Radio One, which has a 26% reach, possibly because Loughborough has a total of around 20,000 students.
Oak 107FM is, according to station director Don Douglas, "very much a community station".
"We're music-led but we have u very strong local image and are involved in local activities such as the Asian festival Mela and charity events," he says. "There's a fairly large Asian population here and we have a programme for them every Sunday evening.
"We broadcast a fairly even mix of contemporary and classic hits--the best music from the Seventies and the pick of current releases. At the moment we are playing Natasha ...