Core (radio station)
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| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
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| Slogan | fresh hits for the UK |
| First air date | 15 November 1999 |
| Frequency | DAB: 11D (Digital One) Sky Digital: 0112(UK) NTL Telewest: 923 Online - Listen Live |
| Format | Teen and Twenties Pop and Chart |
| Owner | GCap Media |
| Website | corefreshhits.com |
Core is a digital radio station broadcasting across the UK on the Digital One multiplex and a variety of Digital TV platforms and streamed online, aimed at the 16-24 age range.
Core was originally owned by GWR Group, now merged with Capital Radio Group to form GCap Media. It was launched, and at the same time, joined the Digital One multiplex on 15th November 1999 at 1pm (GMT), alongside four other stations, Planet Rock, Classic FM, Talk Radio (now TalkSport) and Virgin Radio, with other stations joining the multiplex in the following months. The station is now broadcast across a variety of different Digital TV platforms, such as Sky, as well as online.
The station is broadcast live across the UK, with presenters across the day, as well as some automated time slots. The current presenter lineup includes Nicola Bonn, Sophie Bruce, Philippa Collins, Ben Glover, Kevin Hughes, Allan Lake, Nick Ludlow, Val Mellon, Ben Moss and Tim Cocker. The American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest is broadcast as part of the weeked line-up.
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[edit] Station History and Background
The station has been seen as an interactive station since it started broadcasting. A key aspect of the station is the website, SMS (texts), as well as phone calls, all used for requests. This helps to create a variety of different aspects of the interactive section of the station, such as the CoreControl Chart. Also, the station has recently been trying to find new talent for the station through a UK wide talent search.
Whilst the station is interactive, there are large proportions of the schedule uses voicetracking. However, the station redeveloped the schedule to include a new breakfast show from Capital Disney presenter Allan Lake. The website has also recently been redeveloped.It's extra content includes information on artists and music, a music download service, interactive "now and next" with images of presenters and artists. A new aspect of interaction has been created through their MySpace site.
[edit] Awards
Core has won the following awards [1]:
| Date | Award |
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| June 2001 | The ntl New Media Award |
| June 2003 | The ntl Commercial Radio Technical Innovation Award |
| July 2004 | The ntl Commercial Radio Award for Technical Innovation (Creation New Platforms) |
[edit] Core and Capital Disney
The relationship between Core and Capital Disney has changed over the years. When Capital Disney was launched in 2002 after replacing Cube, it was seen as a rival to Core. However, this very much changed when both stations were in the same group, GCap Media. Over the last year, the stations have become sister stations, with talent crossing over. The most noticable is that Allan Lake has left Capital Disney for the breakfast show on Core, after a successful period of doing a Sunday night show on Core. Even more recently, presenter Val Mellon has been heard on Capital Disney doing weekend mornings.
[edit] A Face For Radio
The "A Face For Radio" competition was launched in 2006, in an effort to produce a new talent for the station using a talent competition. The premiss was that friends of possible candidates nominated them to be entered into the competition, with the finder fee of £1000 being won by the friend of the eventual winner. After the entries were received, the number were whittled down to the final 10.
After the announcement was made of the final 10, the 10 competed in a variety of tasks to demonstrate their presenting skills, as well as have accounts on MySpace, where they gather friends to help them stay in the competition. The two with the lowest number of friends go head-to-head in the elimination, facing a task from Programme Controller Bern Leckie. After Bern's decision has been made, one of the two leaves. In the end, the winner will receive their own show on Core. The final 10 leavers are, in order of leaving the competition are Claire,Cherry ,Juice ,E Plus ,Dan ,Anna ,Abi ,Kellyanne ,Matt and Will, the winner of the competition. Will Goodhand, contestant in the UK series 1 of Beauty and the Geek (UK TV series) and a market research account manager, will be starting his new show on Core in the coming weeks.
