BRING BACK STU, KAZ AND THOMSTA TO KISS 105-108!

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FACTS, FIGURES AND DETAILS OF THE LOCAL KISS 105-108 SET UP ARE LISTED BELOW:

Kiss 105-108 is the East of England’s regional radio station broadcast from Reflection House, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Kiss 105-108 is part of the Kiss Network which is a subsidiary of Bauer Radio.

Kiss 105-108 has previously been known as Vibe 105-108, Vibe FM and Non-StopVibe and successfully ran for almost 8 years before it was relaunched under the Kiss umbrella in September 2006.

Kiss 105-108 has, over the years, been owned and managed by a number of different companies and groups including Essex Radio Group, Daily Mail, DMGT, GWR Group, SRH, EMAP and then finally Bauer which took control in January 1998

Kiss 105-108 officially broadcasts to Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and North Essex covering an area of over 5,000 sq miles however, it can occasionally be heard as far as Lincolnshire, South Essex, Bedfordshire and even Greater London.

Kiss 105-108 has 3 regular, locally broadcast slots:

Breakfast with Stu Grant, Kaz Carter and Thomsta
Lunch with Nikki Elise
Drive with Michael Lewis

Kiss 105-108 is the commercial market leader reaching 376,000 listeners each week.

Kiss 105-108’s average listener tunes in to the station 6.9 hours each week.

Kiss 105-108 Breakfast with Stuart Grant is still the commercial leader and reaches 185,000 listeners each week.

Kiss 105-108 Drive with Michael Lewis has the number one show on commercial radio in the region, reaching 216,000 listeners each week.

Kiss 105-108 continues to dominate as the most listened to commercial radio station across the East of England.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE ANGRY LISTENERS ON THE FAN PAGE ARE SHOWN BELOW:

Wish u guys would come back it not the same in the morning!

no longer smile going to work. you guys made my morning bright and fun and was usually laughing all the way to work. Will turn the radio back on when you guys a back on the Air waves!! Newbies are not cool! not for first thing in the morning. Stu, Kaz and thomsta are a very tough act to beat.

Would also love Michael Lewis back he's a ledge !!

I always listened throughout the day to Kiss and now haven't listened for more than 10 mins since 1st Jan 2011. What i really liked about Kaz Stu and Thomsta and Michael Lewis was the local connection (Kaz went to my school) (Michael Lewis lives next door to my friend) and you could really identify with what they talk...ed about. Last time i heard Kiss the traffic update was for London Underground and i thought what?? I'm in Bury St Edmunds not blooming London!!! Really very disappointed that things have changed - i can't understand the thought process of the bosses behind it... Did they even consult any of the listeners for opinions??

WE WANT YOU GUYS BACK - THE THREE REPLACEMENTS HAVE NO CHEMISTRY WHAT SO EVER!! I LISTEN TO THEM ONLINE AND IT IS NOT A MATTER OF HAVING TO GET USED TO THEM - AS MR MEERKAT WILL SAY "THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO HOLD AN AUDIENCE, SIMPLES"

I miss the utter craziness of the three of them, they cannot be replaced in my opinion!!

The station choices available in London are massive and the Kiss 100 Breakfast crew probably appeal more to the listeners in London. But for us in East Anglia, our station choices are severely limited and we need a "localised" style of morning breakfast show, with local news and travel reports applicable to us, to help us all with our journeys to work. Nothing personal to the new Breakfast crew, but they are not right for East Anglian listeners, they're too "urban" or "too street" if you like. Their language, the way they talk and their accents don't seem right for listeners in East Anglia. Bring back Stu, Thomsta and Kaz !!!

I know it's a New Year, but could someone tell me why the change. No disrespect to the new crew but, the wheel was not broken, so why mess with a good thing. Morning show with the old cast was my laugh that got my day started. Kiss you know how to mess up a good thing. Thanks!!!

I've lost all my respect for Kiss, i would argue for them when people said Radio 1 was better, I loved the banter of Stu, Kaz and Thomsta always brightened my day and cheered me up with all their jokes, plus they actually knew the streets of East Anglia unlike the new presenters, what if they got rid of them and let Stu do london radio, they would also complain. We have our own style, and London have theirs but Kiss have just forgot about us!

Have you all read Andy Roberts the,Group Programme Director of KISS reckons stu Thomsta and Kaz told him they wanted to leave!!! Have you read his statement? What a load of rubbish – Doesn’t it make you angry like it has me?

Who on earth are those fools on now? Was so unimpressed preferred to listen to nothing on my way to work rather than that garbage. Most upset.

105-108 need to see the listeners complaints about KISS and be aware of the damage Bauer has done to local commercial radio in our area. Of course the staff didn't have a choice whether they stayed or left (no matter how sweetly Andy Roberts worded his statement) because KISS pulled the plug on the East of England station therefore nothing was mutual.

"KISS goodbye to your listeners - you’re KISStory"

Really hope this does something as I haven't listened to kiss since I found out the brekkie crew had gone BRING THEM ALL BACK good luck with it

the guys were so natural, entertaining, kept us listeners hooked 2 their show everyday, the new ones just ain’t got it! why change wot has been excellent all these years! They’re legends! xx

they connected with their audience, which is often key to retaining listeners, as if people feel a connection with a presenter/s, they enjoy listening to them. Goodluck with the campaign I would love to hear the breakfast team and michael back on air! x

I've stopped listening to Kiss, instead listen to Heart now. The newbees just haven't got it, bring back the old crew especially the ones at breakfast time!!!

I am still refusing to listen to kiss, I now either listen to heart or radio 1 but its still not the same. Stu, Kaz and Tomsta used to cheer me up on the dreaded drive to work in the morning and I didn't mind getting up while I was listening to those 3. But if getting rid of the breakfast show wasn't bad enough they then got rid of Michael Lewis aswell. Please mention about Michael Lewis aswell as he was also an excellent DJ and all the listeners loved him aswell :)

I loved kiss / vibe I phoned up a couple of times and text ....I won an iPod and they knew me whenever I rang up again that's the sign of real professionals !!!!!

I work in a school and the kids are all gutted - it gets them off to a good start on the way to school - makes them laugh. A lot of them have informed me that they have started to listen to our local station "Heart" as they can't bear to listen to the "new crew".

I used to listen to kiss breakfast when i get up at six and on way to work and being a driver used to listen to it all day, but since they have taken stu, kaz, thomsta and michael off air i don't listen to it anymore its either silence on way to work or cd, and don't even have radio on at work now. I work 10hr days so they have lost a valued listener who used to listen to them everyday, they have prob lost loads of listeners since the change...

Radio's not worth waking up to anymore, i miss the laughter and hilarious banter it got me set for the day, i'm miserable now without them :o( xx

I have listened to the "new improved" haha what a joke breakfast show once & within 5 mins turnt it off, it was like listening to a kids school playground. Full of immature shrieking un-necesssary noise. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING???!!! How is this improvement?? What a load of tripe. I now listen to a CD doing the school run in morning.

Seriously kiss there is no problem with the rest of the show all day apart from some new stuff instead of some year old stuff and selected play list would be good. but thats not really a problem....the only thing we are asking for is OUR Stu Grant breakfast show...VIBE was our station till you took it, we excepted the ...change as we still got our local station but you have took it all from us now.

Gutted to have to listen to a complete load of rubbish now on the drive into work, it is so impersonal! I think I will be turning the 'new' Kiss off this week. Nice of the Kiss management team to let listeners know what has happened. I spent a few hours trying to re-tune my car stereo, completely miffed. Good luck with this page though and come back soon morning crew! X

OMG ! Bring back the Fab 3 ! My mornings are nothing now !!! Who made such a terrible decission, I lasted 10 mins with this new lot, have totally gone back to my Multi CD Player as in car entertainment. Sort it out Kiss ? Bring back the trio.........x

Any one find it odd that Kiss are now giving away heaps of free stuff ? Is this to bribe us ? Just think if they wasn't giving away all this stuff the could still afford to employ Michael Lewis, Stuart Grant, Thomsta and Kaz.

I got kicked off the kiss page today because i laughed that Mel, Charlie and Rickie paused because they didn't know where gorleston near gt yarmouth in Norfolk in East Anglia was ........I rest my case... It wasn't like i swore or said they were crap i just said i found it funny......i liked the page again but they'v...e blocked me from writing on there now....................lol

I never write on Facebook and I don't rate myself as cool or 'down wiv it' as these new presenters keep banging on about and I'm open to change but I heard their 'yep yep yep' and 'give it up for...' banter for 15minutes and switched off. I loved the show before and I'm getting the feeling that others did too. What the... hell are Kiss playing at. I for one won't be tuning in any more. Good luck with getting back on the radio. Very disappointed

Had to switch it off this morning-absolute rubbish. Bring back stu, tomster and caz so I can have a giggle and enjoy my journey to work again.

I heard the morning show for the first time this year, what a load of crap!! Whoever made this decision to get shot of them and Michael Lewis should be shot. Come back save us from these idiots!!!

if it ain't broke don't try an fix it! Wot are these ppl playin at! Bring back local radio we miss u guys! Nothing to make me giggle on the way to work now i'd sooner drive in silence an talk to myself than listen to the new crap, u just AREN'T funny so stop thinking u are! Bring back kaz, stu an thomsta cos it'll never be the same without them!