Greatest Hits Radio UK
City | Manchester London |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
Frequency | DAB Freeview 716 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Classic hits and specialist music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bauer |
Hits Radio UK | |
History | |
First air date | 7 January 2019 |
Links | |
Website | Greatest 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.
References[]
- ^ NEW NATIONAL STATION: GREATEST HITS RADIO LAUNCHES TODAY Bauer Media Group, 7 January 2019
- ^ Greatest Hits Radio to launch in January Digital Radio Choice, 18 December 2018
- ^ Greatest Hits Radio launches on Freeview
External links[]
- British radio networks
- Bauer Radio
- Bauer Group (UK)
- Greatest Hits Radio
- Radio stations in Manchester
- Radio stations established in 2019