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Gold Radio is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007. The station relaunched in March 2014 as a partly-automated service, broadcasting in fewer areas, after many of Gold's local AM/DAB frequencies were transferred to Smooth ...
BFBS UK: Music station for UK Forces British Forces Broadcasting Service: 11A 786 0149 Boom Radio UK: Music station for over 55s Boom Radio Ltd 11A Also on local DAB+ in the Channel Islands: Capital UK: Current pop hits Global 11D / 12A 724 719 0109 958 Also on 95.8 FM in Greater London: Capital Anthems Pop Music Global 11A Capital Chill ...
The Capital Gold radio station started in London in 1988 on Capital Radio's AM frequency, after the Independent Broadcasting Authority had urged stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on AM and FM) and threatened to remove one of their frequencies if simulcasting continued.
9 December – Asian radio station Sunrise Radio Yorkshire begins broadcasting in Bradford. Unknown – Liverpool station City Talk 1548 AM becomes the UK's first all-talk radio station outside of London.This was unusual as most stations launched 'golden oldie' stations on their AM frequencies.
Gold: London: East Midlands, London and Manchester (AM), London, Manchester and Yorkshire (DAB), United Kingdom (Digital TV) 28 November 1988 Heart Cambridgeshire: Peterborough: Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and eastern Northamptonshire: 2 July 2010 Heart East Anglia: Norwich: Norfolk and Suffolk: 3 September 2010 Heart Essex: Chelmsford ...
Most of the stations were originally the medium wave services of Independent Local Radio stations. For example, "Classic Gold 1359" in Coventry was originally part of Mercia Sound and was a full local service.
Alan Ross researched 'Oldies Radio' and the use of jingles, by studying the output of 'Cool 105.9' - a Solid Gold radio station based in Florida. The Great Yorkshire Radio jingles were re-sings of the Great North Radio package produced by Alfasound, they also used the same slogans. (40 Years of Hits) At this time the station logo used the same ...
Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West is an Independent Local Radio station based in Liverpool, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Merseyside, Cheshire, and south west Lancashire. The station forms part of Greatest Hits Radio North West.