 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.