In September 2008, the station was sold by Tindle to Adventure Radio, the then owners of Mercury 96.6 and Southend Radio, with whom Ofcom approved a co-location arrangement for Dream to move its studios to the Southend complex.

The 'Essex Action' feature was a community service designed to help local groups and charities with publicity and also with appeals for volunteers.

The service was coordinated by the Southend Association of Volunteers (SAVS) with their counterparts across the county contributing items for broadcast.

The original DAB only Radio Essex was broadcast on the Essex DAB mux and could be heard in many places across the county where Chelmsford Radio couldn't, including Harlow, Colchester, and Sudbury (Suffolk).

"Just Great Songs for Essex" Chelmsford Radio was broadcast on 107.7 MHz from a mobile phone mast at Church Green in the village Danbury.