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Virgin Radio UK is a national Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 30 March 2016, owned by News Broadcasting, which is itself a subsidiary of News Corp. [1] It is the second incarnation of Virgin Radio in the UK: the original station launched in 1993 before being rebranded as Absolute Radio in 2008.
Virgin Radio is a branding of radio stations broadcast in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. As of April 2024, there were over 40 stations globally.
Based in London and owned by Wireless Group, a subsidiary of News Corp., it is the sister station of national stations Talksport (itself originally known as Talk Radio UK), Talksport 2, Virgin Radio UK and Times Radio. [1] As of December 2023, the station has a weekly audience of 725,000 listeners according to RAJAR. [2]
The Ryan Tubridy Show was a talk radio show, presented by Ryan Tubridy each weekday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 from 9 am to 10 am, from September 2015 to August 2023 (although Tubridy last presented in June 2023). The theme tune played as the intro to every show was an extract from the song "S.E.C.R.E.T." by Delorentos. [4] [5]
13 June – SMG plc signs a deal with YooMedia to make Virgin Radio available on Freeview. [35] 15 June – Virgin Radio Party Classics launches. The station was a full-time spin-off of Suggs' Party Classics show. 13 October – Virgin Radio Party Classics closes. 2007. 3 August – Tony Hadley replaces Suggs as host of Virgin Radio's Party ...
In March 1996, Virgin Radio – London became the first European radio station to broadcast its full program live on the Internet. [30] It broadcast its FM signal, live from the source, simultaneously on the Internet 24 hours a day. [31] On May 1, 1997, Radio306.com (now Pure Rock Radio) launched in Saskatoon, Canada.
The original Virgin Radio Groove operated between 2000 and 2008, playing motown, soul and disco music. At the end of 2019, Wireless Group, which had taken up the Virgin Radio brand in the UK from 2016, revived the Virgin Radio Groove name as a new digital station, broadcasting upbeat music to London in DAB+ and central Scotland as a stereo standard DAB.
Virgin Radio Romania is a Romanian national radio station with coverage in almost all the cities of the country. Virgin Radio started broadcasting in Romania on 9 January 2017. [ 1 ] Virgin Radio Romania is part of a media group that also operates Europa FM and Vibe FM .