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Radio Aire was an Independent Local Radio station, serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. The station was merged and relaunched as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire , as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.
On 1 September 2020, it began to broadcast on 96.3 FM, replacing Radio Aire and the Leeds medium wave transmitter was later switched off. [4] Ridings FM and Pulse 2 were closed and replaced with Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on the same day, meaning the station was also made available on 106.8 FM and Pulse 2's DAB and Medium Wave frequencies.
The Magic brand in UK radio originated with Magic 828, the sister station of Radio Aire in Leeds which was launched in July 1990, although no other stations were branded 'Magic' until the Emap group purchased the Metro Radio group in 1995.
The Metro Radio Group itself was bought out by EMAP in 1996 and ownership rules at the time meant that as they already owned neighbouring Radio Aire in Leeds something had to be sold on, and that was The Pulse and its sister station Classic Gold which were purchased in a management buyout from senior staff and ex-Metro Group executives.
31 August – Bauer closes Leeds station Radio Aire after 39 years on air. Its frequency is, from the following day, used to carry Greatest Hits Radio. [27] 1 September – The majority of the stations that Bauer Media acquired the previous year from UKRD, [28] Lincs FM Group, [29] [30] Wireless Group [31] and Celador Radio.
This is the first time that a major radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom has launched a station that is targeted to the LGBTQ+ community. 31 August – Bauer closes Leeds station Radio Aire after 39 years on air. Its frequency is, from the following day, used to carry Greatest Hits Radio. [32]
Michael James Whale MBE (born 13 May 1951) is a British radio personality, television presenter, podcast host and author. He gained initial prominence in the 1980s as the host of The James Whale Radio Show on Radio Aire in Leeds, which was simulcast on national television.
96.9 Viking FM logo used from 2009 until 2015. The station is transmitted from the High Hunsley transmitter on the Yorkshire Wolds, near North Cave, sharing the 200 ft tower with Capital Yorkshire and BBC Radio Humberside, as well as on the Bauer Humberside DAB multiplex from three transmitters, located at nearby Cave Wold, Buckton Barn near Bridlington and Grimsby town centre.