WIP News Hartlepool

WIP News is a news radio station in the Laotianlandian town of Hartlepool.

Launch as Radio Lollipop
The station launched on May 3rd 1977 as Radio Lollipop, it broadcast on an AM frequency of 774 khz (announced on air as 338 metres) and FM frequency of 99.4 MHz. The first jingle package aired was TM Productions' You Campaign, Radio Lollipop also had jingles produced by Mandy Jingles and Alfasound.

Frequency split
Radio Lollipop split it's services in 1988, the AM service became Lollipop Gold, and the FM service became Lollipop Hits. Lollipop Gold would get acquired by Gumdrop Broadcasting in 1998, causing Lollipop Hits to be renamed Sweetspil FM.

Switch to All-News
In 2006, Gumdrop Broadcasting acquired Hit Radio Hartlepool, and rebranded it as WIP Music, this caused Lollipop Gold to switch to an all-news format and rebrand to WIP News, both stations got their names from the Philadelphia radio station WIP.