Bauer City 3

Bauer City 3
Broadcast area Scotland and northern England
Slogan The Hits for..
Frequency DAB:
11B (Humberside, Liverpool, Teesside)
11C (Glasgow, Manchester, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear)
12A (Lancashire)
12D (Edinburgh, Leeds)
First air date 19 January 2015
Format Popular mainstream music
Language(s) English
Owner Bauer Radio
Sister stations Bauer City 1
Bauer City 2
Website The Hits

Bauer City 3 is a network of 12 popular mainstream music radio stations in Scotland and northern England, owned and operated by Bauer Radio.

Overview

From Monday 19 January 2015, The Hits on DAB was absorbed into the new Bauer City 3 network of stations.[1] The new services are locally branded and identified, with the opportunity to split for individual local news, information, advertising and jingles, with The Hits content as a national programme feed.

Stations

  • Clyde 3 (Glasgow and the West of Scotland)
  • Forth 3 (Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife)
  • Hallam 3 (South Yorkshire and the North Midlands)
  • Key 3 (Greater Manchester)
  • Metro Radio 3 (Tyne and Wear and Northumberland)
  • MFR 3 (Scottish Highlands, Moray and Orkney)
  • Radio Aire 3 (Leeds and West Yorkshire)
  • Radio City 3 (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)
  • Rock FM 3 (Lancashire)
  • Tay 3 (Tayside)
  • The Hits (UK-wide on Freeview and online)
  • TFM 3 (Tees Valley, County Durham and North Yorkshire)
  • Viking 3 (East Yorkshire and South Lincolnshire)

Programming and presenters

Programming is broadcast among all Bauer City 3 stations in Scotland and Northern England, originating from the studios of Key 3 in Castlefield and Clyde 3 in Glasgow. Some other output is broadcast from Bauer's headquarters at Golden Square, Soho.

  • James Barr (Sunday afternoon)
  • Michael Blades (Weekday daytime & Sunday mid-morning)
  • Fat Brestovca (Sunday to Thursday late nights)
  • James Everton (Saturday evening)
  • Luke Franks (Saturday daytime)
  • Marvin Humes (The Vodafone Big Top 40)
  • Olivia Jones (Weekday drivetime & Saturday afternoon)
  • Will Manning (Weekend breakfast)
  • Darryl Morris (Weekday breakfast)
  • Stu Tolan (In:Demand)
  • Sophie Wright (Friday evening)

Local opt-outs

All stations in the network carry their own local news and traffic bulletins every hour from 6am to 6pm on weekdays and from 9am to 1pm at weekends.

References

  1. ↑ Bauer City Network 3 launches on local DAB Radio Today, 19 January 2015

External links