The brain child of Wayne Fitzgerald, the owner of the commercial production firm CAP Media and now a City Councillor, Lite FM broadcast initially in September 1995 using a Restricted Service Licence(RSL) station,  on the 106.0 MHz FM frequency. During the first 3 RSLs, the station was based in temporary studios in the garage of the Fitzgerald family. In the first half of 1997 the station moved to Church Street, where it broadcast it's 4th RSL. Also during this time the station was simulcast on the Local Channel, as well as the cable FM hook-up (106.3 MHz), via the local cable companies system (Bell Cable Media originally).

The station launched on a permanent FM licence (106.8) at 10:00am on Saturday 24 July 1999. At the same time a live outside broadcast in Cathedral Square, hosted by Wayne Fitzgerald, Stuart Francis and various local dignitaries, was also held. The first official song played was 'Back for Good by Take That. The first scheduled programme was Saturday Sport, with Keith Hazelton & Neil Evans.

Lite FM is celebrating it's tenth birthday this year - with Keith Dalton, Claire Tod and Simon Potter the on-air voices who have been with the station since day one. Gregg Nunney joined the team in 2005, Ian Sharpe in 2007 and Gary Ball and Mikey Clarke in 2008.

We recently had a quiz night to celebrate our tenth birthday - check out some of the photos below, and find the rest on the gallery page