The Moorlands Radio project was founded by a group of local enthusiasts in 2003, led by established presenter Tony Mullins.

[3] The full-time station was launched by founder Tony Mullins at 10:03 am on Saturday 7 November 2009 and is currently on its third five-year community radio licence from Ofcom.

On 31 August 2020, the station began operating a second online stream of programming, Moorlands Gold, targeting an older audience with an oldies music format.

In December 2020, due to the financial constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Moorlands Radio announced that it would no longer pay show fees to its daytime presenters and would become a fully volunteer-led organisation.

[9] Its broadcast footprint extends to the target areas of Leek and Biddulph and its signal also reaches the town of Congleton in neighbouring Cheshire.