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EKR GOLD
News Update - July 2025

In October 2024, the very successful Oldies Paradise and Easy Rock Paradise projects came to an end. The decision to close the stations was tough, but it had to be made. Firstly for financial reasons and secondly because the EKR Project was about to rapidly expand over the coming 18 months.

During 2024, EKR became aware that the bid they were involved with for a number of DAB Multiplexes across Kent had been successful. In the near future, that will mean that there will be EKR Stations available to hear across Kent and in parts of Essex on DAB.

All of this meant that, at the end of 2024, Oldies Paradise ceased broadcasting and then moved over its broadcasting output and was re-born as part of the EKR Group and it became EKR - Gold. The good news, if you were an Oldies Paradise fan, was that as the complete Oldies Paradise broadcasting team (headed by Oldies Paradise Station Manager Mark Stafford) moved across to EKR – Gold it was to be a new name but a familiar output and style.

We would like to say a very big thank you to Peter Leutner, the owner of EKR, for giving Oldies Paradise and Easy Rock Paradise to join the EKR Broadcasting Platform. As

We would like to ask you to do your fellow radio listeners (and us!) a favour by passing on this information to them and then directing them to the EKR Website at ekr.net or to the Listen page on this site which has all the information necessary for them to tune in.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Mark Stafford
Head of Music and Programming
EKR Gold and East Kent Radio

EKR EAST KENT RADIO
News Update - July 2025

In October 2024, the very successful Oldies Paradise and Easy Rock Paradise projects came to an end. The decision to close the stations was tough, but it had to be made. Firstly for financial reasons and secondly because the EKR Project was about to rapidly expand over the coming 18 months.

During 2024, EKR became aware that the bid they were involved with for a number of DAB Multiplexes across Kent had been successful. In the near future, that will mean that there will be EKR Stations available to hear across Kent and in parts of Essex on DAB.

All of this meant that, at the end of 2024, Easy Rock Paradise ceased broadcasting and then moved over its broadcasting output and was re-born as part of the EKR Group and it became EKR East Kent Radio. The good news, if you were an Easy Rock Paradise fan, was that as the complete Easy Rock Paradise broadcasting team (headed by Easy Rock Paradise Station Manager Mark Stafford) moved across to EKR East Kent Radio. Meaning that, it was to be a new name but a familiar output and style.

We would like to say a very big thank you to Peter Leutner, the owner of EKR, for giving Easy Rock Paradise to chance to move into the EKR East Kent Radio spot on the EKR Broadcasting Platform. As

We would like to ask you to do your fellow radio listeners (and us!) a favour by passing on this information to them and then directing them to the EKR Website at ekr.net or to the Listen page on this site which has all the information necessary for them to tune in.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Mark Stafford
Head of Music and Programming
EKR Gold and EKR East Kent Radio