EMAP Radio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EMAP Radio is a branch name of EMAP specialising in radio stations.

The EMAP network is divisible into several main groups: The Big City Network, Magic Radio, EMAP Radio London, and EMAP Digital Radio.

Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) was a Scottish media company which owned 22 radio stations, and around 30 local newspapers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was acquired by rival media group EMAP on June 21, 2005.

SRH had its origins in the 1970s when Glasgow was awarded the third license for a commercial station in the UK. As a result, in 1974 Radio Clyde began broadcasting; unlike the two existing stations, both in London, it was an immediate success helped in part by strong financial backers that included Sean Connery and Jackie Stewart.

In 1991, when laws controlling the ownership of commercial stations were relaxed, the station merged with Radio Forth to form SRH and immediately floated on the London Stock Exchange.

In 1995 it acquired Morton Newspapers which owned around 20 newspapers in Northern Ireland, and since then has expanded operations by acquiring further publications in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.

Contents 1 Radio stations owned by EMAP 1.1 DAB in some regions and Freeview 1.2 London FM 1.3 Northern England FM 1.4 Magic Radio AM 1.5 Southern England FM 1.6 Scotland FM 1.7 Scotland AM 1.8 Northern Ireland 1.9 Republic of Ireland FM 1.10 Big City Network FM and AM 2 EMAP DAB multiplexes 2.1 CE Digital 3 External links

[edit] Radio stations owned by EMAP

[edit] DAB in some regions and Freeview

• Mojo
• Heat
• Q
• Smash Hits!
• The Hits
• Kerrang!
• Magic 105.4 (Also on FM in London)
• Kiss 100 (Also on FM in London)
• 3c

[edit] London FM

• Magic 105.4
• Kiss 100

[edit] Northern England FM

• 96.3 Radio Aire (Leeds)
• Radio City 96.7 (Liverpool)
• Hallam FM (Sheffield)
• Key 103 (Manchester)
• Metro Radio (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
• 97.4 Rock FM (Preston)
• 96.6 TFM (Thornaby-On-Tees/Tees Valley)
• 96.9 Viking FM (Kingston upon Hull)

[edit] Magic Radio AM

Main article: Magic Radio

• Piccadilly Magic 1152 (Manchester)
• Magic 1152 (Newcastle Upon Tyne)
• Magic 1548 (Liverpool)
• Magic 999 (Preston)
• Magic 828 (Leeds)
• Magic AM (Sheffield)
• Magic 1161 (Kingston upon Hull)
• Magic 1170 (Thornaby-On-Tees/Tees Valley)

[edit] Southern England FM

• Kiss 101 (South Wales and South West England)
• Kiss 105-108 (East Anglia & Ayr, Scotland (DAB Digital Radio only))
• Wave 105 (Solent)

[edit] Scotland FM

• CFM (Carlisle)
• CFM (West Cumbria)
• 102.5 Clyde 1 (Glasgow and West Central Scotland)
• 97.3 Forth One (Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife)
• MFR Moray Firth Radio (Inverness and Highland)
• Northsound 1 (Aberdeenshire)
• Radio Borders (Scottish Borders and North Northumberland)
• South West Sound FM (Dumfries and Galloway)
• Tay FM (Dundee and Perth and Kinross)
• West FM (Ayrshire)
• West Sound (Ayrshire)

[edit] Scotland AM

• Clyde 2 (Glasgow and West Central Scotland)
• 1548 Forth 2 (Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife)
• Northsound 2 (Aberdeen)
• Tay AM (Dundee and Perth)

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Cool FM (Greater Belfast)
• Downtown Radio (Northern Ireland)

[edit] Republic of Ireland FM

• FM104 (Dublin)
• Highland Radio (Donegal North ILR)
• Today FM

[edit] Big City Network FM and AM

Main article: Big City Network

[edit] EMAP DAB multiplexes

EMAP operates seven DAB multiplexes and also three jointly owned multiplexes with UTV which EMAP owns 30%. EMAP operates the following DAB multiplexes: [1]

• EMAP Central Lancashire
• EMAP Humberside
• EMAP Leeds
• EMAP Liverpool
• EMAP South Yorkshire
• EMAP Teeside
• EMAP Tyne and Wear
• UTV-EMAP Stoke-on-Trent (joint venture with UTV, of which EMAP owns 30 per cent)
• UTV-EMAP Swansea (joint venture with UTV, of which EMAP owns 30 per cent)
• UTV-EMAP West Yorkshire (joint venture with UTV, of which EMAP owns 30 per cent)

[edit] CE Digital

EMAP and GCap Media own CE Digital Ltd, which operates the following DAB multiplexes:

• Birmingham
• Greater London I
• Manchester

[edit] External links

• emap radio local and national radio stations - Official site
• Scottish Radio Holdings (Requires Flash)
• The owners
  • EMAP
  • Scottish Radio Holdings