Oli Townsend

Forget the Sunday night blues... Sunday Rocks on Arrow FM every Sunday from 7pm. Oli presents three hours of classic and new rock, local music from East Sussex, interviews and live sessions.

You can also hear Oli pitching up at various times, covering shows like East Sussex Today. When not in the studio, Oli travels the county as our out-and-about reporter, which has seen him broadcast from places such as the Hastings Half Marathon, Airbourne and even a boat out at sea, half a mile from the East Sussex coast!

Oli grew up near Brighton but moved inland to Mid-Kent in 1997. Ten years later, the pull of the sea brought Oli back to the south coast when he joined 107.8 Arrow FM and our sister station 107.5 Sovereign Radio at the beginning of 2007.

Previously Oli had volunteered at Hospital Radio Maidstone and BBC Radio Kent while completing a degree in Media and Cultural Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University between 2002 and 2005. He jumped on the FM bandwidth in 2006, hosting The Big Night Out for 87.9 Uckfield FM.

Oli loves live music and can often be found at local venues checking out bands for Sunday Rocks. He has also been the Master of Ceremonies at a number of music events including the Maidstone River Festival, the Hastings Beer and Music Festival and Party At The Polegrove in Bexhill as well as some of the Arrow FM Roadshows.

Check out Oli's monthly music editorial in Pulse Magazine and if you're a local musician or in a band and want the chance to have your music played on Arrow FM, email us, or send a CD to:

Sunday Rocks

107.8 Arrow FM

Priory Meadow Centre

Hastings TN34 1PJ