National radio

Global Radio

Global Radio is a UK based radio company that run national radio stations such as Capital, Heart, Choice FM, Gold, Classic FM, Xfm and LBC. Global Radio is based in Leicester Square in London but it has stations and hubs in 33 different locations nationwide.  

Capital FM is the UK’s first national, commercial hit music radio station broadcasting across London, Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester, the North East, Yorkshire, Scotland, the South Coast and South Wales which allows it to reach around 7 million listeners every week. It’s broadcast on 95-106 Capital FM depending on where you are in the country and everyday it plays the best new music and allows chances to win big prizes. Some shows are broadcast from your local Capital FM such as the break fast shows and some shows during the day and late at night but some shows such as Roberto, Bassman and Rich Clarke on the showbiz show broadcast nationally to all the Capital stations.

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Choice FM is ‘London’s choice for current and future urban hits’ on 107.1 and 96.9 FM and reaches over 765,000 listeners every week but it acan also be accessed on DAB radio across the country and also online and on the television. This station is focussed on new urban music and all of the DJs portray this. It’s mainly aimed at young people but there are also some older listeners too.

Gold is aimed at an older generation of people as it plays a lot of older music, anything from the 60’s to the 80’s. The Gold Network broadcasts in 25 local areas, 24 of which are analogue and 19 have digital licenses. There are over 1.5 million listeners every week across the UK. The station provides local news, weather, travel and sport as well as great music. In 2010 Gold released CD’s containing the greatest hits being played in an exclusive deal with HMV.


 

Bauer Media

There are a lot of radio stations across the UK who are owned by Bauer Media who are a division of Bauer Media Group. They are the largest privately owned publishing group in Europe and is a ‘worldwide media empire’ that offer over 300 magazines to 15 different countries as well as online, television channels and radio stations. In 2008 Bauer media and Bauer Media Group joined forces and together they now employ around 6,400 people. Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK based media group which have two main productions in magazines and radio. With the links they have across the world and the number of successful brands they have, their radio stations are very popular and the public trust them with the decisions they make. The company began their radio business in 1990 when they invested in a London based dance station called Kiss FM which is now known as Kiss 100. This was followed up by Liverpool’s Radio City and later by TWC and the Metro Group. They then acquired Melody FM which was re-vamped and turned into the now very popular Magic 105.4. In 1996 they acquired the digital music TV channel The Box which they’ve turned into Box Television with the help of Channel 4 and it now contains 7 channels. Today Bauer Media now owns 80 different recognised and influential brand names that everybody sees as a part of their everyday life.

The list of radio stations owned by Bauer Media in the UK:

CFM

City Talk

Cool FM

Downtown Radio

Hallam FM

Key 103

Metro Radio

MFR

Northsound Radio

Radio Aire

Radio Borders

Radio City

Radio Clyde

Radio Forth

Rock FM

South West Sound

Tay FM

TFM

Viking FM

West Sound

Kerrang! 105.2

Kiss

Magic

Wave 105

National Broadcasting:

4Music

Smash Hits

Heat

Magic

Kiss

Kerrang!

Q

The Hits Radio

The Box