Galaxy Manchester

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**Galaxy**

Broadcast area	Manchester
First air date	October 16, 1994
Frequency	102.0 MHz
Format	Dance
Owner	Chrysalis Group

Galaxy is a local radio station owned by the Chrysalis Group as part of its Galaxy Network specialising in dance music and R'n'B. It is based in Manchester, and broadcasts from studios in the Triangle shopping centre, formerly the Corn Exchange. Networked programming is carried after 7pm on this and Chrysalis's other Galaxy stations in Birmingham, Yorkshire and Newcastle upon Tyne. The transmitter is on top of the City Tower (the former Sunley Building) in Piccadilly in Manchester, the same place as Xfm's transmitter. Galaxy bought the station from Faze FM which broadcast in the city as Kiss 102

The station launched in 1994 as Kiss 102, broadcast by the Faze FM group and using the name of London radio station Kiss 100 under licence from its owner Emap. Faze FM's two stations in Manchester and Yorkshire were purchased by Chrysalis in 1997 and rebranded Galaxy.

[edit] Breakfast Show

The station's former breakfast presenter Simon Nicks, referred to on-air as Nicksy, left his position in September 2005 and now presents a late-night phone-in on rival station Key 103. He was replaced by former BBC Radio 1 Top 40 chart show presenter Wes Butters in November 2005 who presents his own show "Wes at Breakfast".