The History In Audio

EKR was original formed in the early 90's as a vehicle to apply for the re-advertised Independent Local Radio licence for East Kent. At this time EKR stood for East Kent Radio. Unfortunately, this application in 1995 proved to be unsuccessful. East Kent Radio's founder Peter Leutner refused to be disheartened and a re-configured East Kent Radio team set out to apply for one of the first tier of "sallie" local radio licences. This licence covered a significant part of East Kent. The East Kent Radio licence campaign included a spell on-air in December 1995, broadcasting to Ashford & Canterbury via a 28 day Restricted Service Licence (RSL).

For more information on that East Kent Radio RSL broadcast click here.