North Norfolk Radio was an Independent local radio station in North Norfolk, England, owned and operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It was closed on 1 September 2020 and merged with Greatest Hits Radio Norfolk & North Suffolk. History North Norfolk Radio was established following campaigns by several groups for a dedicated radio service for the area. Some of these groups ran restricted service licence (RSL) trial stations, including 106.9 FTR-FM (Fakenham – August 1997), Fakenham Community Radio (April/May 1999), Wensum FM (East Dereham – 3 trials between October 1999 & June 2001), Central Norfolk Radio (Fakenham – 5 trials between April 1999 and May 2001), Escape FM (Sheringham – July/August 2000) and Tindles own 87.7 The Beach (North Walsham – Christmas 2000 & Holt, Norfolk – June 2001). On 14 November 2002, the Radio Authority formally advertised a new local commercial radio licence for the coastal area of North Norfolk, covering Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer, and inland to include Fakenham. Potential applicants had around 16 weeks to submit their proposals to the Radio Authority. Two applicants submitted bids by the closing date of 4 March 2003: North Norfolk Radio (Tindle Radio) and Go-FM (Absolute Radio). On 8 May 2003, the Radio Authority announced that Tindle, trading as North Norfolk Radio, had won the eight-year licence for a local commercial radio service. Tindle were the majority shareholders in the company (79%), with local directors taking the rest, including Angela Bond, a former producer for Kenny Everett. The chairman of the new station was Ian McNicol, owner of the Stody Estate. The original team at NNR were Sharron Tuck (Station Manager), John Bultitude (Head of News) and presenters included former 1960s offshore radio broadcasters Andy Archer and Mike Ahern. North Norfolk Radio originally broadcast from Breck Farm, Stody, Norfolk, from a converted milking parlour. The first test transmission were broadcast on 21 October 2003, when the main transmitter at Stody was switched on, transmitting on a frequency of 96.2 MHz VHF/FM, at a power of 2580 watts. After a few more weeks, relay transmitters at Aylmerton and Bunkers Hill were switched on and relayed the test transmissions from Stody. Both of these relay transmitters were tuned to 103.2 MHz VHF/FM at a power of 250 watts. The station officially began broadcasting at 6am on Monday, 10 November 2003, with Mike Ahern as the first presenter on