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Classic Gold is one of the biggest 'gold' formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. Classic Gold is broadcast on both analogue and DAB digital platforms. Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 1980s. ...


Most stations were originally the medium wave services of Independent Local Radio stations. For example, Classic Gold 1359 in Coventry was originally part of Mercia Sound and was a full local service. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Logo used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority for promoting Independent Local Radio services. ...


In the 1980s, FM/AM stations split (in this case to Mercia FM and Xtra AM), before the station was bought by GWR radio, and the AM station rebranded to Classic Gold. Mercia FM is still on air today. GWR is a TLA that can mean: Great Western Railway of Canada (AAR reporting mark GWR) Great Western Railway of the United Kingdom Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway — a heritage railway that has taken the initials of the GWR. GWR Group, who until early 2005 own several radio stations, including GWR FM... Mercia FM is an Independent Local Radio broadcasting from Coventry. ...


The format is now owned and operated by UBC, and most stations in the network carry the same programming, except for a local 4-hour afternoon programme from 3pm to 7pm. The stations were previously part of the GWR network, but were sold off as competition rules limited the number of stations a company could own.


Weekday schedule

0100 Non Stop Classic Hits


0500 Matthew Hardy


0600 Tony Blackburn and Erika North/Sandy Warr Tony Blackburn (born January 29, 1943 in Guildford, Surrey, England) is an award winning British disc jockey. ...


0900 Graham Rogers


1200 Paul Burnett Paul Burnett (born 1943) is a British radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. ...


1500 Local Classic Gold Drivetime


1900 Paul Baker


2200 Classic Gold Late Night


Regional stations

There are 20 stations in the UBC Classic Gold Network:

In addition, the UTV Radio-owned Pulse Classic Gold in West Yorkshire now airs Classic Gold programmes after the BIG AM station closed. Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... Bristol (IPA: brÄ­stÉ™l) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England. ... For other uses, see Bath (disambiguation). ... Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Reading is a town and a unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... 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Classic Gold WABC Categories: United Kingdom broadcasting stubs | Radio stations in the United Kingdom ... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Map sources for Shrewsbury at grid reference SJ4912 Porthill Bridge crossing the Severn at Shrewsbury Shrewsburys Old Market Hall and The Square Market Street, behind the Old Market Hall, with the Music Hall on the left Shrewsbury (pronounced either /ˈʃɹuːzbɹiː/ or /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹiː/) is a town of... Map sources for Telford at grid reference SJ6909 Telford is a new town in Shropshire, England, part of the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin. ... UTV Radio is a UK media company, and owner of several radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ... Pulse Classic Gold See also Classic Gold The Pulse of West Yorkshire Categories: Station stubs | UK Radio Stations ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ...


External links

  • Classic Gold Digital Network homepage

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