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The stations which initially formed the Greatest Hits Radio network are predominantly sister stations to the corresponding Hits Radio network stations. Many were originally set up as a 'Gold' counterpart (e.g. Radio City Gold in Liverpool) when stations were instructed by the Independent Broadcasting Authority to cease simulcasting their services on both AM and FM in the late 1980s.
Hits Radio, a Contemporary hit radio network of 25 radio stations, available on local FM and DAB, with a national DAB station. Until April 2024, most stations operated as their heritage radio brands, such as Radio City or Free Radio , with a mix of local and networked programming, but from April 2024 only the Scottish stations such as Clyde 1 ...
The station was relaunched again as Smooth Radio 100.4 on 26 March 2007. The launch occurred at the same time as London based 102.2 Smooth FM , however Smooth Radio 100.4 continued with its own unique soul music based format.
Greatest Hits Radio saw its average weekly audience soar to 7.69 million in the first three months of 2024 – a leap of 50 per cent from its 5.12 million listeners a year earlier.
Smooth Radio is a network of local radio stations broadcasting on FM and DAB in the United Kingdom.It retains one outlet on AM.Smooth Radio previously featured a soft adult contemporary radio format but has introduced more upbeat music since 2023.
The licence for the station was originally awarded to the Saga Radio Group. [1] However, GMG Radio inherited it following its purchase of Saga in December 2006. [2] GMG had been granted permission by the regulator, Ofcom, to change the format of its Smooth FM stations in London and Manchester, and took the decision to change both the Smooth FM and Saga Stations to a new brand, Smooth Radio.
After acquiring several businesses in early 2019, in May 2020, Bauer Radio announced many of their radio stations would rebrand and join the Greatest Hits Radio network, including several stations in the south of England: [1] Eagle Radio in Guildford; Spire FM in Salisbury; Wessex FM in Dorchester; Mix 96 in Aylesbury; Spirit FM in Chichester
The station launched following GMG Radio's purchase of the Saga Radio Group in December 2006, and granting of permission from the regulator Ofcom to change the format of its Smooth FM stations in London and the North West. The decision was made to change both the Smooth FM and Saga stations to Smooth Radio and so Saga 105.7 FM was closed at 6pm ...