Greatest Hits Radio UK

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Greatest Hits Radio UK
CityManchester
London
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
FrequencyDAB
Freeview 716
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatClassic hits and specialist music
Ownership
OwnerBauer
Hits Radio UK
History
First air date
7 January 2019
Links
WebsiteGreatest Hits Radio UK

Greatest Hits Radio UK is a DAB radio station serving the United Kingdom, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.

The station launched on 7 January 2019.[1] It relays Greatest Hits Radio North West programming but with UK wide news & information, traffic bulletins and advertising.

Availability[]

The station broadcasts across most of the UK on DAB (Digital Radio) using various local multiplexes.[2]

  • Berkshire & North Hampshire
  • Bournemouth
  • Bristol & Bath
  • Cambridge
  • Cornwall
  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Exeter, Torbay & North Devon
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herts, Beds & Bucks
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire & Humberside
  • London
  • Norfolk
  • Northants
  • North Yorkshire
  • Nottingham
  • Oxfordshire
  • Peterborough
  • Plymouth
  • South East Wales
  • South Hampshire
  • Suffolk
  • Somerset
  • Surrey and South London
  • Sussex
  • Swindon
  • West Wiltshire

In June 2020, the station replaced Heat Radio on Freeview 716.[3]

Programming[]

Greatest Hits Radio UK broadcasts from Bauer’s studios in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, Edinburgh plus Bauer's Golden Square headquarters in Soho.

News[]

Bauer’s Manchester newsroom broadcasts national news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside national traffic bulletins.

At all other times, mainly evening and overnight, hourly national bulletins originate from Sky News Radio.

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