 In addition, the town used to host the annual Spalding Flower Parade (once named the Tulip parade, and still heavily based on tulips) every year at the beginning of May.The station had a float in the Spalding Flower Parade.Founded in 2001 as 'Tulip FM', and renaming in 2006 to Tulip Radio, in April 2008 the station was awarded an initial 5-year full-time community radio licence by Ofcom, the UK Media regulator.