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XFM Scotland is a regional radio station broadcasting to Scotland's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
[edit] History
It began on 19 November 1999 as Beat 106, a dance music station. The first presenter on-air, at 1:06 p.m. on launch day, was Matt Finlay, who stayed at the station until late 2005. After launch, Beat quickly widened its format to include rock and R&B music. Beat 106 closed on January 1, 2006, playing a countdown of the top 1000 tracks voted for by visitors to its website, entitled "The X-List".
Beat 106 was originally established by the Big Beat Group, headed up by a group of nightclub promoters from Glasgow. However, just a few months into its existence, in July 2000, it was bought by the Capital Radio Group. In 2005, Capital Radio merged with the GWR Group to form GCap Media, creating the UK's largest commercial radio group. The rebranding of Beat 106 to XFM was one of a number of measures announced by GCap to improve their corporate performance following the merger. The original XFM station was Xfm London and the rebranding in Scotland occurred four months before the expected launch of Xfm Manchester.
Normal XFM Scotland programmes were launched by breakfast presenter Dominik Diamond on January 4, 2006.The first record to be played on XFM Scotland was 'Loaded' by Primal Scream. (The first record to be played on Beat 106 was "Revolution" by The Beatles.)
On 11 February 2008 GCap Media announced that they would be selling the analogue license for the station[1].
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[edit] References
- ^ DAB 'not economically viable'. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
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