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Live, year-round transmissions were commenced at 7:00 a.m. on 12 February 2015 with the first transmission being made by Tim Butler, one of the original presenters of the RSL broadcasts in 2000, as presenter of the Early
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lockdown period, QUAY-FM once again became a vitally important part of the Island's emergency planning measures, with
President Wm Tate (President of the States of Alderney) making daily broadcasts to update islanders on the situation during the emergency powers lockdown and in the period following
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December 2013 and closed in March the following year. This application round resulted in a licence being granted to ABC, which is incorporated in Alderney as a company limited by guarantee (company number 1899). It was the only applicant within the Bailiwick, no applications having been received
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QUAY-FM started broadcasting on the
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