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Background and Format:  Free Radio Coventry and Warwickshire aims to provide a mixture of popular music from the 80s, 90s and modern day alongside local and national news. The station is broadcast on 97.6 & 102.4FM, DAB Digital Radio and online. Owner: Orion Media Schedule: A full schedule can be viewed here Target Audience:  Listeners of all ages across the Midlands region Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020 Ad Rates: Advertising details can be viewed here Tips for PRs: Local news is produced in house. National news is supplied by IRN. Presenters are best contacted on news@freeradio.co.uk The Breakfast and Drivetime programmes are produced locally, all other programming is produced and networked from Free Radio Birmingham. Previously known as Mercia. The email address for all staff members is now firstname.surname@freeradio.co.uk, and the news team for all stations can be reached at news@freeradio.co.uk.  Awards: 2016 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, Breakfast Show of the Year (under 2 Million TSA): JD & Roisin (bronze) 2015 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, Marketing Award: The Free Radio Phantom (bronze) 2015 - Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards, News Coverage of the Year (bronze) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Community Programming: Free Radio Walk for Kids (nominated) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Community Programming, Walk for Harry (nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Station of the Year (300,000 to 1 million listeners) (nominated) Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 25 April 2012 There have been changes to the following Orion Media local radio stations: Beacon Radio has now changed its name to Free Radio (97.2 & 103.1fm) BRMB has now changed its name to Free Radio (96.4fm) Mercia FM has now changed its name to Free Radio (97 & 102.9fm) Wyvern FM has now changed its name to Free Radio (97.6 & 102.4fm) The email address for all staff members is now firstname.surname@freeradio.co.uk, and the news team for all stations can be reached at news@freeradio.co.uk. The news team can also be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/wearefreeradio and the website can be viewed at www.freeradio.co.uk