In 1984-85, the stations experimented with a drive-time news and current affairs programme ("The Home Run") which had presenters in both studios - Allan Lee in Ipswich and Adrienne Rosen in Bury.

EAR re-launched Orwell and Saxon as one station under the SGR-FM banner in 1992 and also won the licence to start SGR Colchester in Essex the following year.

In 1996, EAR was bought by the GWR Group network, which continued to run the stations for about 10 years until it was taken over by Global Radio.

By that time, local programming was restricted to daily breakfast and weekday afternoon drivetime shows with all other output networked from London.

As part of the re-brand, the station pulled out of a contract to broadcast live commentary on Ipswich Town FC games after just one season.