A completely unrelated 'temporary' radio station
Sovereign Radio was founded in Eastbourne in 1992 by local radio enthusiasts Mark Briggs and Matthew Wheeler, who established
RSL trial broadcasts in December 1992 and the summer of 1993. The second RSL was based on board an old ferry from the
Shetland Islands called the Earl of Zetland, which was temporarily moored in Sovereign Harbour. Some of the station's original presenters included Gavin Lawrence, Paul Martin, Terry James and Zora Suleman. The broadcasts were part of a campaign to demonstrate viability to the Radio Authority (a legacy regulator now part of
Ofcom) to advertise a full licence. The full licence for the Eastbourne and Hailsham area was eventually awarded in 1994 to another, unconnected, group which later included several members of the team from the previous temporary station. Sovereign Radio (later 107.5 Sovereign FM) began broadcasting in 1997 from studios at St Mary's Walk in Hailsham. The station was later acquired by
The Local Radio Company in 2000 and for a year, was once again managed by co-founder of the original (1992) RSL station Mark Briggs, who also managed neighbouring sister stations
Arrow FM in Hastings and
Neptune Radio (now
KMFM in Dover and Folkestone). Media Sound Holdings acquired the station from
The Local Radio Company in June 2009 along with Hastings-based
Arrow FM, with both stations were operating at a loss. The group already owned
Splash FM and
Bright FM which were acquired in April 2008. In November 2010,
Ofcom approved
Media Sound Holdings's application to share all programmes across their four stations
Arrow FM,
Bright FM, Sovereign FM and
Splash FM, given that the stations "already share all programming outside of breakfast, so these changes will not substantially alter the character of the service." On 11 April 2016, Sovereign FM changed its name to More Radio. ==Programming==