In November 2005 it was announced that GCap's local radio stations in the South West, including Orchard FM, were to be sold.

[2] Presenters on the station over the years included Bob McCreadie (later Pirate FM and Radio Plymouth), Phil Easton, Steve Bulley (now at Wessex FM), Jennie Gow (now presenter of MotoGP for the BBC), Steve Carpenter (now Radio Ninesprings), Jon White (now The Breeze), Mike Harwood, Dave Hills, Dan Jennings, Alex James (Alex Breingan), Tim Ley, Gregory Steven's, Dave Gould, Robert D'Ovidio (now Capital 95.8), Jeremy Kyle, Ian Burrage, Laura James (now The Breeze), Matt Bown (later BBC Southwest) and Ben Clark.

Black Thunder was the name given to Orchard FM's promotional team and their heavily branded 4x4 vehicles based at the Taunton studios, staffed by presenters including Laura James and Matt Bown along with promotional staff Becci Balliston, Matt Burd, Jodi Peppin, Becky Rayfield, Jemma Crook and thunder biker Simon Clark.

[3] The final local programme was broadcast on Friday 16 July 2010 by long-standing breakfast presenters Ian Burrage and Laura James.

The signal is highly directional, with the maximum ERP only being radiated to the south and into Somerset in order to prevent a coverage and thus programming overlap with Heart from Bristol.