The Breeze (South Devon)
radio station in Torquay
The Breeze (South Devon) was an Independent Local Radio station serving South Devon, England.
The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio South West, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.
The Breeze South Devon
The Breeze South Devon was the Independent Local Radio station for Torbay and South Devon, which formed a part of The Breeze network. Before this, the station was originally called Palm 105.5 until September 2015, following its acquisition the year previous.
The station now only consists of one local drive time show, hosted by the former Breeze presenter Tony Wright.
History
Palm FM was set up in 1998 and was the first to run a Restricted Service Licence in the area.
In 1994, Jo Corben-Richards (aka CJ Munroe), former Senior Producer/Presenter for DevonAir Radio, applied for a Restricted Service Licence specifically for the Torbay area with the backing of local lawyer and property developer, Roger Richards and local businesswoman Julia Milton-Head. Whilst at DevonAir, CJ had tried to persuade them to maintain an opt-out radio service for the Torbay area.
Permission for an RSL was initially granted by the Radio Authority, but subsequently objected to by the owners of Exeter/Torbay licence, Gemini FM.
In 1997, CJ and Roger gained further support from local businessmen and the like to proceed with the development of a local radio service for Torbay.
First RSL
Palm FM's first Restricted Service Licence was launched by the Mayor of Torquay, Vincent McCann in December 1998.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “The Breeze (South Devon)” as radio station in Torquay. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7127961. Authority coordinates are 50.476, -3.537. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2015, 1998 and 1994.
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